In a major development that is considered by many as a significant step in enhancing technological operations in India, Optibase, a major supplier of sophisticated digital video solutions, has proclaimed that Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services (B&TS), a private broadband and telephone service contributor in India, has opted for the Optibase H.264 Media Gateway (News - Alert) (MGW) 5100 IPTV encoding systems for its proposed IPTV (News - Alert) service assistance.
Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services (B&TS) makes available broadband as well as telephone services in 94 cities spread across India. Bharti Airtel is presently carrying out IPTV tests in a thousand domestic units and is preparing to start its IPTV operations in the final quarter of the ongoing calendar year. Bharti Airtel will effectively make use of Optibase's carrier grade TV streaming platforms, integrated in UTStarcom (News - Alert) IP-based end-to-end networking solution to provide high-quality H.264 video.
The initial introduction of IPTV services in India occurred a couple of years back. After successfully establishing video over IP solutions in three out of the four important IPTV Indian service providers; Aksh Optifibre Limited, Time Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd (TBSL) as well as Bharti Airtel Limited, Optibase is turning out to be instrumental in pioneering the development of IPTV operations in India.
Making use of Optibase's highly sophisticated H.264 streaming platforms, Indian service providers possess the perfect IPTV services to woo fresh clients and sustain present ones, by utilizing a gainful amalgamation of superior quality picture resolution at low bit rates.
In a press release, Atul Bindal, President, Broadband & Telephone Services, Bharti Airtel, said: "Being the leading service provider, we at Airtel are constantly taking initiatives to offer the best in class services to our customers, backed by a sound infrastructure to support these exciting services." He further added: "Utilizing Optibase's advanced encoding platform is a strategic step in the creation of world-class infrastructure for our IPTV services. The platform will enable us to offer superior video quality that redefines television entertainment for our customers."
Chief Financial Officer of Optibase Amir Phillips observed, "Given that India is an emerging and significant market in the growing IPTV world. The deployment of Optibase advanced IPTV encoding platforms by a tier one Telco operator, such as Bharti Airtel, represents an important business relationship for our company."
