| "Demand
for IPTV in India is increasing exponentially
and UTStarcom is supplying Aksh with the solutions
and infrastructure it needs to continue that
momentum," said Aksh chairman and managing
director Kailash S Choudhari. "UTStarcom's
understanding of the market and ability to
produce cutting-edge technology allows Aksh
to easily advance its IPTV strategy in India
and improve the viewing experience for our
customers, while also meeting internal operational
goals."
BSNL
currently delivers the most comprehensive
portfolio of communications services and
maintains the greatest reach of all broadband
and wireline operators in India.
UTStarcom
has long-standing relationships with both Aksh and BSNL for IPTV, broadband and
NGN-related deployments. Last month, UTStarcom and Aksh announced their collaboration
to deliver high-quality IPTV services to subscribers of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam
Ltd. (MTNL) in Mumbai, India, extending the reach of the operator's service area
following its initial commercial IPTV deployment in Delhi. In 2007, UTStarcom
partnered with BSNL to supply 1.3 million lines of its Metro Ethernet Forum-certified
NetRing(TM) 10000i STM-64 optical transport solution and iAN-8000 multiservice
access node (MSAN) solution to build and launch new multiplay broadband Internet
services.
"India
is moving toward becoming a top IPTV market
and companies such as Aksh and BSNL are
making inroads to turn those aspirations
into reality," said UTStarcom vice
president and managing director, South Asia
operations,Vijay Yadav. "RollingStream's
unique end-to-end architecture allows it
to be both flexible and long-reaching in
scope to support deployments in a small
populated town or an entire country or region.
Through BSNL's network and UTStarcom technology,
Aksh will build an iControl IPTV base that
will change the way most of India utilizes
television in their daily lives."
UTStarcom's
RollingStream(R) end-to-end IPTV system currently supports more than 956,000 live
IPTV subscribers globally and maintains a current total system capacity of more
than 2.5 million subscribers. | 
