mPhase Technologies, a pioneer in the delivery of video over fixed broadband networks, today announced that LEA S.A.S., a leading supplier of components and subsystems to telecommunications equipment and service providers, will become a distributor of the mPhaseTV+ System.

Under terms of the agreement, LEA, a key supplier to some of Europe's leading telecom vendors and carriers, will take on marketing and sales support for the flagship mPhase TV+ System to its traditional accounts.

"LEA boasts long established relationships with major industry players," said Ronald A. Durando, mPhase's chief executive. "We're excited by the prospect of LEA's ability to open opportunities for our IPTV platform, enabling us to grow our international presence."

Eric Berthaud, LEA's CEO, said: "We are impressed by the carrier-grade quality that mPhase has designed into its IPTV solution, as it complements the level of integration and reliability for which LEA products are well known."

The mPhase TV + System is built around an innovative cluster architecture and offers key advantages to phone companies, including:

• Improved maintenance environment, with links to industry-standard operations support systems, including element management of IP traffic
• Compatibility with industry standard services creation environments
• Transport media independence over copper or fiber facilities
• high degree of reliability to protect against network failover
• Unprecedented scalability, capable of growing to hundreds of thousands of users