UTStarcom announced contracts with China Telecom to deploy its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution in two cities in the Fujian Province in southern China.
In Fuzhou, the capital city of Fujian Province with nearly six million residents, the initial deployment has a capacity of 12,000 concurrent media streams, covering the major metropolitan areas of the city. Initially it plans to offer users 70 channels of live broadcast television with “time-shifting” capabilities and approximately 3,000 hours of video-on-demand. The operator is targeting 50,000 users by the end of 2006.
In Quanzhou, a coastal city with approximately 6.5 million residents, the initial deployment is planned to support 37,000 concurrent media streams and covers the city’s main districts and initially offers users 70 channels of live broadcast television with “time-shifting” capabilities and approximately 5,000 hours of video-on-demand. The operator is targeting 80,000 users by the end of 2006.
UTStarcom’s RollingStream end-to-end solution supports broadcast TV, Network PVR (n-PVR), Video on Demand (VoD), and Near Video on Demand (NVoD) over existing network infrastructures.
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