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July 28, 2008
Telenor Picks IPTV Solutions from Thomson for Scandinavian Deployments
By Anil Sharma, TMCnet Contributing Editor
Telenor, a Scandinavian telecoms operator, recently selected IPTV solutions from Thomson (News - Alert) for deployment in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The agreement strengthens an existing relationship between the two companies; Thomson has been a long-term supplies of gateways to Telenor (News - Alert).
Now, Thomson is providing Telenor with its SmartVision video services platform, which incorporates middleware, video on demand (VoD) servers and two ranges of IP set top boxes.
In addition, Thomson is supplying full system design, engineering and integration services including training and maintenance, as well as integrating the conditional access solution of Conax for content security.
“IPTV (News - Alert) is an essential service in Telenor’s future offering to our customers, and therefore we selected a market leader with strong expertise in both video and telecoms engineering,” said Witold Sitek, CTO for Telenor’s Nordic region, in a statement.
Sitek continued: “Our choice of Thomson was largely based on their proven experience in IPTV system deployments internationally and their capability to offer a competitive integrated technical solution with a promising future roadmap in this rapidly evolving area. To achieve the required benefits of scale in this area, the deployment of IPTV services across all three countries is key — and Thomson's ability to manage projects in different geographies is equally important.”
Telenor is also the largest distributor of traditional DTH and cable-TV services in the Nordic region and one of the fastest growing providers of mobile communications services worldwide covering 12 countries with 150 million subscribers.
“Telenor is one of the major telecom operators in Europe and we are delighted they have chosen Thomson to accompany them in this multi-country IPTV deployment,” said Jacques Dunogué, Thomson's senior executive vice president who heads up the systems division.
Dunogué continued: “Thomson is unique in offering complete IPTV and triple-play end-to-end solutions from video headends to consumer premises equipment, and this project further demonstrates our ability to build world-class IPTV infrastructures for tier-one operators, as well as our ability to help customers such as Telenor innovate and differentiate their offering.”
As reported by industry analysts MRG Inc in 2007, Thomson's SmartVision is the IPTV service platform managing the largest number of subscribers worldwide. With its customized solutions, Thomson helps operators to offer a larger range of entertainment and greater quality of service, thanks to its ability to offer both end-to-end solutions (from headend through to VOD servers to set-top-boxes) and systems integration capabilities.
Anil Sharma is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anil’s articles, please visit his columnist page.
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