China market: 840,000 IPTV subscribers at end of 3Q07

The number of IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) subscribers in China increased to 840,000 as of the end of the third quarter of 2007, according to China-based consulting company Analysys International.

There were five operators of IPTV services in China with UTStarcom having the largest market share of 46.0%, followed by Vcom (Chinese) with 36.6%, ZTE (Chinese) with 13.9%, Huawei Technologies (Chinese) with 3.2% and Alcatel Shanghai Bell with 0.3%, Analysys pointed out.