Inovia Telecoms, an ECI Telecom Company Successfully Completes Video over DSL Trials Worldwide
- Currently demonstrating Video over DSL at China Broadband Access International Summit, Beijing
Tuesday March 5, 9:40 am Eastern Time
SOURCE: ECI Telecom Ltd
PETAH TIKVA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002-- Inovia Telecoms, an ECI Telecom company (NASDAQ: ECIL - news), announced today that its Video over DSL solution has been successfully tested with over 10 customers in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
Leading operators chose Inovia to pioneer their Video over DSL trials to connect hundreds of subscribers to 'triple play' (data, video and voice) services. The field trials took place over the past half year and demonstrated Inovia's innovative Video over DSL capabilities with its Hi-FOCuS(TM) xDSL solution.
Inovia's Hi-FOCuS(TM) facilitated a variety of video services such as broadcast TV, Video on Demand, high speed Internet and more over both ADSL and VDSL from the same platform and without any restrictions. When using VDSL, multiple video streams were sent to each subscriber, thus enabling them to connect to multiple TV sets over a DSL line. During the trials, Inovia's Hi-FOCuS demonstrated its multi-level multicasting capabilities, believed to be unique in the industry, maximizing the utilization of bandwidth in the access network.
Inovia's partnerships with leading vendors in middleware, set-top boxes, encoders and other building blocks required in video service deployment, provided carriers with a complete end to end solution.
A leader in Video over DSL technology, Inovia's Hi-FOCuS provides everything needed for deploying video services over copper. Featuring advanced multi level, multicast capabilities, Hi-FOCuS fully exploits the operators' broadband network to deliver such services as broadcast TV, Video on Demand, Interactive TV, and more. This enables operators to maximize their competitive position and better compete with CATV solutions.
Inovia's Hi-FOCuS supports a variety of network interfaces supporting hundreds of simultaneous video channels that together with the platform's advanced architecture, enables true dense and competitive solutions.
For the delivery of video services, the Hi-FOCuS product family provides a range of extremely compact Remote Access Multiplexers (RAMs) for the deployment of outside plant xDSL and especially VDSL. Some of the trials included installation in street cabinets as well as in building basements. These installations demonstrate Inovia's advanced subtending and aggregation capabilities within the Hi-FOCuS solution.
Inovia has also established a key position within the leading standardization bodies and is helping to shape the standards required for Video over DSL services. One such leading body is the FS-VDSL Forum which held several video over DSL trials to demonstrate an end to end solution, in which Inovia participated. More details on this demonstration can be found in the announcement issued by the FS-VDSL committee on February 25, 2002.
``Being a pure Access Gateway company, we are committed to constant innovation'', says Pinny Chaviv, President and CEO of Inovia Telecoms. ``We are proud to be a leader in the Video over DSL revolution and to provide our customers with a competitive advantage in this field.''
Inovia is currently demonstrating multiple TV streams over a single VDSL line at the China Broadband Access International Summit, Beijing.
At CeBIT, 2002, at the ECI Telecom Booth, (Booth 027, Hall D15), Inovia will highlight its Video over DSL building blocks.
About Hi-FOCuS
Inovia's multi-service access gateway, Hi-FOCuS(TM), is a high-density, high-end access gateway that handles thousands of subscriber lines of any type (ADSL/SDSL/VDSL/POTS/ISDN), with advanced functionalities including multi-level multicast, integrated voice gateway, FTTx and more. Our field proven platform improves the value of carriers' infrastructure by providing simultaneous access for voice, data, video and next generation applications. The modular system with interchangeable line-cards answers the carrier's need for density, QoS provisioning, scalable and mass deployable solutions. Today, our cost-effective Hi-FOCuS(TM) is the preferred solution for mass deployment by leading providers worldwide.
About Inovia Telecoms
Inovia Telecoms is a world leader in the multi-service access gateway and video over DSL market. Formerly ECI Telecom's Access Solutions Division, Inovia's technological excellence is derived from years of experience in the telecommunications market. Inovia's solutions for the multi-service access gateway market enhance the value of carriers' infrastructure to support robust, value-added services, including video channel streaming, multicasting, Video-on-Demand, Fast Internet and TV Commerce. Suited for any network topology, Inovia's modular access gateway is the preferred solution for mass deployment by leading providers worldwide. Inovia has an extensive worldwide sales network, supported by subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
ECI Telecom Ltd is a provider of integrated network solutions for digital communications and data transmission systems. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and supports end-to-end digital telecommunications solutions for today's new services and converging networks. The Company's products create bandwidth, maximize revenues for networking operators, expand capacity, improve performance and enable new revenue-producing services. In doing so, they enhance the capabilities of existing networks to support voice, data, video and multimedia services. ECI Telecom's equipment supports traffic in more than 500 service networks in over 145 countries.
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