June 2008

South Korea to issue IPTV licenses in August

Mon, 2008-06-30 12:46 — Vosta Gul

The Korea Communications Commission will start issuing IPTV licenses in August. Live TV over broadband internet has been given a green signal. Hanaro Telecom and Korea Telecom have been offering an over the top, VOD type IPTV service so far....

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OKI introduces IPTV stats package for broadcasters

Mon, 2008-06-30 13:15 — Vosta Gul

Since it is IP based TV, one could presume that the viewer stats would be similar to web stats. The difference however is that in IPTV, the client side is usually a very intelligent piece of software that â€˜cachesâ€™ in...

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IP-In IP-Out: Impact on the IPTV encoder business

Thu, 2008-06-19 05:22 — JR

It seems plausible to assume that IP-In-IP-Out could have a major impact on the IPTV encoder business. IPTV encoders are somewhat analogous to media gateways in VoIP business. As the IP-IP peering in the VoIP world grows, the media gateway...

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Veraz to announce support for GSMA IPX spec

Thu, 2008-06-19 04:54 — JR

GSMA IPX initiative could change several things for cell operators. To start with, it can lower down interconnection costs substantially for cell operators. There are several value added services that could be enabled across multiple cell operator networks. Dawn Hogh,...

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Verimatrix extending the existing architecture to support Mobile TV

Thu, 2008-06-19 04:08 — JR

Verimatrix is among very few IPTV vendors that are able to re-use the existing wireline IPTV solution architecture to support Mobile TV. Extending the same architecture means that a telco â€“ offering IPTV and looking to add mobility play â€“...

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DU not prepared to share the benefits of VoIP

Mon, 2008-06-02 17:59 — JR

DU blocking Skype looks a bit out of place because: 1, DU is a progressive new provider/competitor of Etisalat, and 2, DU itself benefits from the use of IP transportation of voice minutes. Not only does DU secure low termination...

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Microsoft Echoes for wireline telcos

Tue, 2008-06-03 19:05 — JR

I can see the value that this Echoes platform creates for a mobile carrier. However this is surely not for a wireline operator. If Microsoftâ€™s Echoes is for real and the company is targeting wireline telcos as well, this could...

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MSAN+Voice starting to get traction, says ECI

Wed, 2008-06-04 09:27 — JR

This announcement from ECI caught my eye yesterday. It has been a long time since I last heard about MSAN+Voice. ECI has integrated VoIP access gateway module into its MSAN product. There are several MSANs with VoIP access gateway modules...

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5.3m IP PBX lines and 3.7m IP Phones in 1Q08

Fri, 2008-06-06 20:12 — JR

Our estimates suggest that 5.3 million IP PBX lines were sold in 1Q08. These include those IP PBX lines that were shipped as part of hybrid TDM/IP systems. We have previously reported line estimates from pure IP PBX systems only....

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CableLabsâ€™ peering announcement is long overdue

Mon, 2008-06-09 23:23 — JR

It has been over two years since some of the first peering federations were announced. Following the Netherlands setup facilitated by XConnect there was a lot of enthusiasm about the CableLabsâ€™ peering RFP. However, two years into trials, there has...

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