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UTStarcom Expands IPTV
Leadership In China With New Contract In Shanxi Province With China
Telecom
Other Topics:
IPTV Digital Signage,
IPTV Business
UTStarcom, Inc.
January 24, 2007
Over 80 Percent of All IPTV Subscribers in China on UTStarcom’s
RollingStream™ End-to-End System
Alameda, CA, – UTStarcom, Inc., a global leader in IP-based,
end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced a
contract with China Telecom (CTC) to deploy its RollingStream™
end-to-end IPTV solution for a new commercial IPTV network in
China’s Shanxi Province.
The initial deployment, supporting 30,000 subscribers, is planned to
include 14 service points covering major metropolitan areas of Xian,
the capital city of Shanxi Province. The service is expected to
offer up to 80 channels of live, broadcast television; 24-hour
time-shifting capability; approximately 10,000 hours of
video-on-demand (VOD) content; and valued-added services including
karaoke and gaming. |
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“UTStarcom continues
to build on its leadership in the IPTV market in China and this
contract is further validation of the strength, reliability and
security of our RollingStream end-to-end IPTV system,” said Ying Wu,
president and chief executive officer of UTStarcom China. “Many of
our initial IPTV deployments in China are currently undergoing
network expansions as demand for the service has grown.
Additionally, we are seeing new deployments emerge as fixed-line
operators are realizing the potential for deploying IPTV services to
combat subscriber churn and increase average revenue per user.”
At ITU Telecom World 2006 in Hong Kong last month, UTStarcom’s
RollingStream IPTV solution was named the best IPTV solution
worldwide by Communications Weekly, a leading publication under the
guidance of the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) in China.
UTStarcom was also awarded the Development Contribution Award for
its efforts for IPTV standardization in China.
About UTStarcom's RollingStream
UTStarcom's RollingStream™ is an end-to-end solution designed for
telecommunications operators and broadband service providers to
deliver broadcast quality TV and on-demand entertainment programming
over IP networks. RollingStream is designed to offer service
providers the scalability, reliability, and bandwidth efficiency to
support new services including broadcast TV, Network PVR (n-PVR),
Video on Demand (VoD), and Near Video on Demand (NVoD) over existing
network infrastructures, which may result in opportunities for
increased revenues, new services, and improved customer satisfaction
and retention. For more information about UTStarcom's RollingStream
solution, please visit: http://www.utstar.com/Solutions/Broadband/IPTV.
About UTStarcom, Inc.
UTStarcom is a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking
solutions and international service and support. The company sells
its broadband, wireless, and handset solutions to operators in both
emerging and established telecommunications markets around the
world. UTStarcom enables its customers to rapidly deploy
revenue-generating access services using their existing
infrastructure, while providing a migration path to cost-efficient,
end-to-end IP networks. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in
Alameda, California, the company has research and design operations
in the United States, Canada, China, Korea and India. UTStarcom is a
FORTUNE 1000 company.
For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company’s Web site
at www.utstar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements, including the
foregoing statements regarding the anticipated scope, content and
features of the RollingStream initial deployment in Shanxi Province,
and the expectations regarding the market demand for, and the
benefits to service providers from the use of, the RollingStream
solution. These statements are forward-looking in nature and subject
to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially. These risk factors include rapidly changing technology,
the changing nature of global telecommunications markets, the
termination of contracts and/or strategic relationships, the
direction and results of future research and development efforts,
evolving product and applications standards, reduction or delays in
system deployments, product transitions, potential non-realization
of backlog, changes in demand for and acceptance of the Company’s
products, both in China and globally, general adverse economic
conditions, and trends and uncertainties such as changes in
government regulation and licensing requirements, both in China and
globally. The Company also refers readers to the risk factors
identified in its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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