Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra  Home         IPTV, Broadband Video, Mobile Video Topics: Main | IPTV Service Providers  | IPTV Content | Set-Top Boxes |  Middleware | Encoding | DRM |  Silicon  |  IPTV Regulatory  |  Test Systems  |  Europe  | China  | Archive |     Lucent to Market Telefónica's IPTV middleware Lucent Technologies will assume responsibility for the future development and deployment of Telefónica's "Imagenio" IPTV middleware platform, including the ongoing introduction of new features and capabilities. Under an agreement reached with Telefonica, Lucent will also market the platform to the broader, global service provider community. In support of this effort, Lucent will establish IPTV research and development centers -- linked to Bell Labs -- in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Huesca (Aragon), as well as in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo for Latin American markets. In addition, Lucent Worldwide Services, the company's services arm, will serve as the prime network integrator for Telefónica's end- to-end, multivendor IPTV solution, initially in markets including Brazil, Chile, the Czech Republic and Spain. The project will be extended to include additional countries in the future. Telefónica's "Imagenio" IPTV middleware platform -- originally developed in-house by Telefonica -- currently powers its IPTV service in Spain, providing all-digital, DVD-quality delivery of TV and audio content. Lucent will help expand and enhance the Imagenio middleware, developing and testing new features, including new IP Multimedia TV services that leverage the strengths of IMS. IP Multimedia TV services "blend" traditional TV and video capabilities with telephony and Web features to create interactive applications such as Web browsing, video conferencing and personal, portable TV services that can be delivered to subscribers anytime, anywhere. Lucent also will integrate the middleware platform into its portfolio and market the platform to service providers worldwide. Telefónica's "Imagenio" IPTV is currently supporting 250,000 customers. http://www.lucent.com http://www.telefonica.es 19-Apr-06 Lucent supplies its Stinger DSL broadband access concentrator to Telefónica. Singapore's Next Gen Nationwide Broadband Network Launches 8/31/2010 SingTel Launches Services over NGNBN Fibre 8/31/2010 BT Confirms Selection of Huawei for Next Gen Access 8/26/2010 Occam Supplies Multiservice Access in Indiana 8/25/2010 NTELOS Selects ADTRAN for FTTH 8/24/2010 Australia's NBN Hangs in the Balance 8/23/2010 Lantiq Samples 65nm VDSL2 CO Chipset with Line Bonding 8/23/2010 WildBlue Wins $19M Grant for Rural Satellite Broadband 8/19/2010 North Carolina's Golden LEAF Gains $140 Million in Funding 8/18/2010 PacketFront Employs Mindspeed Processor for Gigabit-to-the Home CPE 8/18/2010 Korea's CJ HelloVision Picks Arris for DOCSIS 3.0 8/17/2010 PMC-Sierra Collaborates with Incognito Software on FTTx for MSOs 8/16/2010 Verizon Tests Gigabit Ethernet Service on FiOS 8/16/2010 Orange's Internet-TV-Phone + Mobile offer in France 8/12/2010 Orckit-Corrigent Gains TSEC for GPON in India 8/9/2010 ADTRAN Supplies its Total Access 5000 in Maine 8/9/2010 Ohio's Wabash Mutual Selects Occam in Broadband Stimulus Project 8/3/2010 Great Plains Comm. Selects ADTRAN Total Access 5000 8/2/2010 Huawei and Silicon Vendors Complete DSL Retransmission Test 7/27/2010 ADC and AFL Reach FTTX Licensing Agreement 7/27/2010 BT Employs "SmartWater" Invisible Paint to Deter Cable Theft 7/26/2010 Qwest Launches Heavy-Duty Internet -- 40 Mbps 7/22/2010 ZyXEL's VDSL Products Gain IPv6 Phase II Certification 7/21/2010 Alcatel-Lucent Wins PON Contracts with China Mobile and China Telecom 7/21/2010 Netflix Reaches 15 Million Subscribers as Streaming Grows 7/21/2010 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton