Telenor selects Thomson IPTV solutions for Nordic roll-out

July 22, 2008 - Norwegian incumbent telco Telenor has selected IPTV solutions from French firm Thomson to support the deployment of IPTV services in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, the two companies have announced following recent industry speculation.

Thomson will provide Telenor wih its SmartVision video services platform, which incorporates middleware, video on demand servers and two ranges of IP set-top boxes (including a PVR model), as well as delivering full system design, engineering and integration services including training and maintenance, in addition to integrating conditional access from Conax.

"IPTV is an essential service in Telenor's future offering to our customers, and therefore we selected a market leader with strong expertise in both video and telecoms engineering," said Witold Sitek, CTO for Telenor's Nordic region. "Our choice of Thomson was largely based on their proven experience in IPTV system deployments internationally and their capability to offer a competitive integrated technical solution with a promising future roadmap in this rapidly evolving area. To achieve the required benefits of scale in this area, the deployment of IPTV services across all three countries is key -- and Thomson's ability to manage projects in different geographies is equally important."

Telenor has operations in 12 countries worldwide and provides telecoms services to over 150mn subscribers globally.