Nortel and NDS join forces to create new IPTV capabilities

March, 2007 – The European market will see a new set of IPTV services as Nortel and NDS announce collaboration.

Nortel and NDS have signed a global reseller and joint marketing agreement and are working together to facilitate the integration of Nortel's voice and multimedia features into the TV environment. The first demonstration of the solution was held at the beginning of this month at the IPTV World Forum 2007 in London 

Plans include integrating Nortel's voice and multimedia products into NDS' MediaHighway middleware, to produce a new set of communications services for television. The solution will potentially include features such as; caller ID, call handling, address book, click-to-dial, call-logs, IM messaging and other IP-based communication services.

"We chose NDS because it is a leader in the digital broadcast industry and has a proven middleware product that is well suited for IPTV communications integration," said George Riedel, chief strategy officer, Nortel.

"NDS is delighted to be working with Nortel on new IPTV products that will set us apart from the rest of the industry," said Nigel Smith, vice president, NDS Broadband Internet Group. "Nortel's strength in voice and multimedia, coupled with its IPTV systems integration capability, is a perfect complement to our middleware portfolio and to our experience in digital broadcasting"