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UTStarcom Partners With Aksh Optifibre and MTNL to Deliver First IPTV Service in India
UTStarcom, Inc., a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced a
three-year contract through its partnership with Aksh Optifibre Ltd. to deploy its RollingStreamT end-to-end IPTV solution with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India. The contract represents the first commercial IPTV deployment in India.
The service, which will utilize MTNL's existing broadband network as the content delivery backbone, will consist of traditional broadcast television, video, music-on-demand, videoconferencing capabilities and time-shifted TV, allowing users to access television content on any channel up to one week in the past. All MTNL broadband subscribers in Delhi and Mumbai are anticipated to have access to the service, which launched in December 2006 and is priced at Rs. 125.
