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Amino selected by ADC for
first IPTV service in Thailand
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Amino
June 19, 2006
Amino partners with Siemens in Thailand
Cambridge, UK, and Singapore -- Amino, leading IPTV set-top box
supplier, today confirms that it was selected by Siemens for the
first IPTV deployment in Thailand. The deployment for ADC (Advanced Datanetwork Communication Co. Ltd) has been rolled out to a
substantial number of homes in Thailand for several months adding
on-demand and broadcast television channels to the company's
existing broadband service offering. Over the last months, ADC has
witnessed the proven reliability and high quality of the AmiNET
set-top boxes.
With this IPTV roll-out, ADC is poised to take a leading position
within the burgeoning Thai broadband market which has received
strong infrastructure investment and support from the Thai
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Ryan Petty, Vice President of Product Management for Siemens Home
Entertainment: "Our partnership with Amino has allowed us to provide
enhanced revenue generation opportunities for ADC, allowing them to
take full advantage of this national technology revolution."
The AmiNET range of set-top boxes has been developed and extensively
tested with the principal elements of the IPTV delivery chain,
including middleware, content security and browser technologies.
This established interoperability ensures the smooth integration of
Amino technology into any IPTV deployment using any number of
combinations of 3rd party software and hardware suppliers.
"Thailand is an extremely exciting market in terms of potential
growth of IPTV" noted Roy Kirsopp, VP & General Manager for Amino.
"Amino leads the field f or set-top box technology and by partnering
with Siemens we aim to bring the most advanced IPTV technology to
Thailand while easing the integration process and cutting the time
to market and deployment costs of adding value through triple-play
services."
About ADC
ADC is a part of Shin Corporation, a leading Thai group with
business operations in Satellite, e-business, wireless
communications and media and advertising. More information about
Shin Corporation is available at: http://www.shincorp.com
About Amino
Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) supplies the AmiNET™ series
of set-top boxes renown for their low-cost and reliability. The
AmiNET range materially reduces service operators' capital
expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification
required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high
definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The
high performance coupled with the innova tive design of Amino's
set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the
company a leading position within the IPTV market.
Approximately 700,000 AmiNET IPTV set-top boxes have been used in
over 50 countries worldwide by more than 400 customers in commercial
deployments and trials. The set-top boxes have also been sampled by
another additional 700
customers. Amino Communications' principal customers are
telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality service operators.
Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct™ IPTV
software stack pre-loaded.
Amino Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amino
Technologies plc. listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM, symbol
AMO. Amino is based near Cambridge, UK, and has offices in Atlanta
Georgia and Hong Kong.
About Siemens Communications
The Siemens Communications Group is one of the largest players in
the global telecommunications industry. The company offers a
full-line portfolio of innovative solutions for voice and data
communication. Its comprehensive offerings range from device s right
through to complex network infrastructures and services for
wireless, fixed and enterprise networks. It is the largest Group
within the Siemens organization and operates in more than 160
countries around the world. In fiscal 2005 (September 30), its
54,500-strong workforce posted sales of over 13 billion euros.
More about Siemens Communications at http://www.siemens.com/communications |
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