Amit Khanna and Reliance Infocoms' IPTV Plans

Tremendous opportunity for mobile TV and IPTV in India

This article was originally published in Convergence Plus and is reproduced here with permission.Written by Geetanjali Wadhwa & Pradeep Chakraborty and originally published on www.convergenceplus.com.

IPTV in Vietnam

FPT Communications in Vietnam are launching a new live television streaming service to its DSL subscribers.

Atlas Interactive Plan Large Scale IPTV Deployment in India

Malaysia’s MiTV to launch IPTV Service Summer 2005

MiTV Corp Sdn Bhd (MiTV) is set to launch this summer (2005) with a full commercial roll out of a multi-channel IPTV service, with more than 50 live and on-demand channels planned.

China: China Telecom and Alcatel

Alcatel have announced Guangdong Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, has selected Alcatel to expand and optimize its metropolitan area network in order to broaden its IP-based data service portfolio (May 2005).

China: HP China partners with Orca

HP has formed a close partnership with Orca Interactive (March 2005) to offer a complete triple play of broadband TV solutions to telecommunications carriers and service providers in Mainland China.

China: SMG and Alcatel

Alcatel and Shanghai Media Group, one of the most prestigious media groups in China, have announced (July 2005) that the two companies have jointly set up an IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) lab in Shanghai to drive the commercialization of IPTV services in China.

China: Beijing Telecom and Siemens

The major Chinese operator Beijing Telecom has commissioned Siemens Communications to install and deliver its Next Generation Networks solution Surpass (July 2005)

China: Huawei and Tut Systems

Huawei Technologies and Tut Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TUTS)  have signed a reseller and distribution agreement (April 2004)that enables Huawei to provide Tut Systems' family of Astria® Content Processor (CP) products to its worldwide base of customers. This arrangement gives Tut a route into the Chinese market, as Huawei are an equipment 'giant' in China.