UTStarcom, Inc., a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, announced that the company will host an online webinar on IPTV on Thursday, September 15, beginning at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern.The webinar will last approximately one hour and will be led by UTStarcom CTO Bill Huang.

With two live commercial deployments and more than 40 active trials to date, UTStarcom is a global leader in IPTV deployments. Huang will offer insight into the worldwide IPTV market, latest market trends, the competitive landscape as well as UTStarcom's IPTV strategy and recent IPTV deployment with Softbank in Japan. After the presentation, Huang will take questions from webinar participants. The webinar is the first in a quarterly series in which company executives will discuss in detail new technology trends emerging in the telecom and networking industry.

"IPTV is one of the hottest topics in the telecom industry today as carriers race to deploy IPTV services to better compete with cable and satellite television providers for subscribers and advertising revenue," Huang said. "Through this webinar, I will explore the factors that are driving IPTV from concept to reality, provide insight into the current IPTV competitive landscape, and offer a real-world case study of UTStarcom's IPTV experience to date with the recently launched BBTV service in Japan with our partner, Softbank BB."

The webinar will begin at 10 a.m. PDT/1 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 15. To sign up for the event click here. To listen to the live webinar, please go to the Web site at least 15 minutes early to register and to download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will also be available at the above link.