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Networking Hardware
News Release from: Amino Communications
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 October 2004
Boxes set for IPTV in Iowa
Amino Communications has been chosen to supply set-top-boxes to independent telephone companies who have deployed IPTV using head end services from Iowa Network Services.
Amino Communications has been chosen to supply set-top-boxes to independent telephone companies who have deployed IPTV (Internet Protocol television) using head end services from Iowa Network Services (INS) INS is a telecommunications company jointly owned by 127 independent telephone companies, serving approximately 280,000 residential and business customers across the US state of Iowa
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Compatibility between the set-top box and the middleware used by the independent telephone companies was a critical requirement", commented Howard Juul, VP Network Planning, INS.
"Amino has worked closely with our middleware company to achieve the required level of compatibility".
"Set-top boxes cumulatively represent a sizeable investment when you install two or more in each house".
"Getting a unit that has the full features and functionality and yet is low cost is very important and that is something that Amino offered", stated Juul.
INS invested in a digital video head-end and middleware to enable the local telcos to offer IPTV services to rural Iowa communities they serve.
To date, four telephone companies have deployed the service using INS' head-end and Amino's set-top boxes at the consumer end, with three additional companies planning to go live with commercial services later this year.
Several more are expected to deploy the service as consumers become increasingly aware of the benefits of IPTV.
"Telephone companies can no longer rely on traditional telephony services to maintain their market positions", explained Bob Giddy, CEO of Amino.
"Customers are demanding more advanced services such as broadband Internet access and interactive digital television".
"INS has helped the small independent Iowa telcos to offer these services which would otherwise require too much capital investment to be viable".
IPTV is developing rapidly as it enables video-on-demand (VoD) and interactive services to be delivered over broadband telephone networks.
Subscribers can watch digital-quality TV programmes and have access to a wider selection of movies than presently available, while benefiting from full interactivity.
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