FPT Telecom, a leading multimedia and Internet service provider in Vietnam, has completed the deployment of the first metro Ethernet and optical network in the country. The 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) next-generation network, built with a total metro Ethernet, broadband and Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS) solution from Cisco Systems, will provide FPT Telecom with a platform to deliver a wide variety of data, voice and video services over high-speed broadband connections.

SkyStream announced that China Telecom, China's largest telecommunications service provider, selected SkyStream's zBand PUSH video-on-demand (VOD) platform in addition to SkyStream's suite of IP video networking solutions to expand its rural Internet and video-on-demand service to remote areas.

China Telecom plans to extend broadband Internet and video services from the headend in its Shanghai Satellite division, and offer video-on-demand, video conferencing and Internet-on-demand in remote areas via satellite where broadband services are not currently available. China Telecom plans to roll out the on-demand, satellite-based services nationwide over the next 10 years to serve the 75 percent of the Chinese population that currently lives in rural areas. Over three-fourths of China is covered by mountains, desert and forest, which preclude extensive communications coverage from fiber terrestrial networks.

EGT, Inc. announced that the company closed its highest revenue quarter to date, achieving an impressive 30% increase over last year's quarter, and is on track to achieve 50% growth year to year. Overwhelming industry acceptance has enabled EGT to experience this record growth. Growing faster than competing encoder manufacturers, EGT has become a serious contender in the digital video marketplace. The increased revenues, in conjunction with new products and new channels of distribution, highlight EGT's continued market success in digital video processing equipment.

Motorola, Inc. is demonstrating its continued leadership in next-generation fiber access solutions at TELECOM '05 with several new technologies that are expected to accelerate the deployment of IPTV-based entertainment services. The offerings -- including Internet protocol television (IPTV) over GPON and BPON, high- density optical networks terminals, and high-definition television (HDTV) and multi-stream IP residential gateways -- extend the ways carriers can cost effectively bring digital video entertainment, high-speed Internet and telephony services to subscribers.

BigBand Networks, Inc. announced availability of a new solution for the networking and processing of video programming for delivery to FTTP (fiber-to-the-premises) access networks. This solution combines platforms located at super headend, video hub office, and video serving office facilities, and is designed for control of channel line-ups of content from disparate sources, reliable transport between facilities, insertion of local advertising, and performance of network edge processing required for reception by popular analog and digital subscriber devices. FTTP access networks have been chosen by several prominent incumbent and independent local telecommunications operators who aspire to rapidly, easily and efficiently launch and scale video services.

Cisco Systems announced that Digiweb Ltd, one of Ireland's largest privately-owned Internet Service Providers (ISP), will offer 80 percent of the population converged data, voice and video ("triple-play") services using a country-wide network built on Cisco Systems Internet Protocol Next Generation Network (IP NGN) technology.

WealthTV, the premier lifestyle and entertainment network in high definition, announced that it has signed an affiliation agreement with Eagle Broadband to bring the network's lifestyle and entertainment channel to IPTV viewers across America via IPTVComplete, the multi-channel, turnkey video solution for service providers offered jointly by Eagle Broadband and France Telecom subsidiary GlobeCast. Eagle Broadband will offer WealthTV in both digital and high definition formats.

Scientific-Atlanta's proven video expertise, collaboration with industry-leading vendors and longstanding heritage of delivering advanced digital encoding and receiving equipment to the leading content providers worldwide are just a few of the advantages you will realize once you see and experience the wide- ranging portfolio of products and services for IPTV.

Attendees at the upcoming TELECOM '05 show will not only get a preview of "what's next for the telecom industry," but will see how Scientific-Atlanta's innovative technology solutions can help deliver a wide array of advanced features and help enable you to launch new or expanded choices to customers today.

General Bandwidth, a leading Voice over IP (VoIP) equipment manufacturer enabling rapid deployment and new service revenue generation over broadband networks, announces that it has implemented PseudoWire Emulation End-to-End (PWE3) in its award-winning G6 Universal Media Gateway that allows carriers to migrate legacy services onto new video and data packet networks, such as IPTV/FTTN and GPON.

FalconStor Software, Inc. announced that its PrimeVault facility has been selected by KyLinTV to manage the storage and hosting of its more than 15,000 hours of broadcast TV and Video on Demand (VOD) programming.

Using Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), KyLinTV brings high quality broadcast channels and hundreds of hours of VOD shows and movies to subscribers with existing home DSL or Cable broadband connections. While VOD and broadcast content from China are archived for subscriber access, KyLinTV is also adding about 1 terabyte of entertainment content per month. As a burgeoning business, KyLinTV 's IT needs center on storage and network availability.

With more than 150 service providers worldwide delivering IPTV powered by Tut Systems's digital headends, Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG Inc.) named Tut Systems a Leader among video headend vendors for IPTV services. Tut Systems was the only video headend vendor to secure a Leader rating for the North American and Global markets, and one of two vendors to achieve a Leader rating for the Asia Pacific market.

Multimedia Access Platform to Enable Profitable Delivery of High-bandwidth Video/IPTV, Multimedia and VoIP Services to the Mass Market

Lucent Technologies announced the Lucent Multimedia Access Platform, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based solution that enables service providers to profitably deliver high-bandwidth video/IPTV, Voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia services on a mass market scale. The platform is designed to support digital subscriber line (DSL) services, fiber to the home or premise (FTTx), and WiMAX wireless broadband in a single frame -- based on the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA®) standard -- helping service providers deliver interactive IP multimedia services over a wide variety of networks, reducing both capital and operational costs.

ECI Telecom introduced its Hi-FOCuS MiniCAB, a unique Outside Plant (OSP) solution that can fully replace a complete street cabinet. The Hi-FOCuS MiniCAB allows broadband deployments at any location, while continuing to deliver voice services, and reducing the installation hurdles and expenses associated with a traditional street cabinet. Even in saturated locations or rural areas, where it was not previously feasible for operators to provide broadband services, this mini street cabinet solution provides subscribers with the necessary broadband bandwidth to cost-effectively support next generation triple play services. The Hi-FOCuS MiniCAB supports ADSL2+ and VDSL2-based capabilities, and is the latest addition to the Hi-FOCuS family of OSP solutions.

Tut Systems Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, announced that Monroe Telephone deployed its Astria content processors to deliver advanced digital TV services to customers in Monroe, Oregon.

Raptor Networks Technology, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tom Wittenschlaeger, interviewed by Francis Gaskins, WorldTalk Radio, about the Company's patented, unique distributed architecture, said it can provide the so-called "Triple Play," telephone, cable and high speed Internet access to consumers at less than $50 a month.