Optibase enables IPTV service in India

from an Optibase press release

HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - March 29, 2006 - Optibase, Ltd., a provider of advanced digital head-end video solutions, announced today that India’s state-owned major telecom, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., will deploy Optibase’s IPTV MGW 5100 platforms for its digital head-end that will enable triple play services (video, voice and data) in the Delhi and Mumbai areas. With this deployment, Optibase encoders will be the industry’s first to enable large-scale IPTV in India. MTNL is deploying these services targeted at their 3.9 million subscribers along with Time Broadband Services Limited as their video tier partner.

Time Broadband Services’ Managing director Sujata Dev said "As the provider of the content delivery network for MTNL we could not settle for less than the most qualified partners in the market. Over the course of the past months we have extensively tested MPEG 4 AVC encoders and found the Optibase platforms to provide up-to-the-mark video quality at 1.5Mbps and flexible interoperability with multiple set-top boxes. We feel confident to provide MTNL with such a solution."

"We are proud to be among the first companies to take part in the implementation of IPTV in India. Optibase has recently opened an office in India to support its sales and marketing activities and is reaping the first fruits of this endeavor," said Lior Fite, Optibase’s vice president, marketing. "Equipped to meet the challenges of IPTV, our MGW 5100 has been designed to meet the unique requirements of the various operators and service providers - from MPEG-2 migration to MPEG-4 AVC digital head end system deployment. We look forward to being part of the IPTV momentum now taking place in the region."