Sun Microsystems introduces the Sun Streaming System -- the industry's first massively scalable and cost-effective video delivery platform for cable and telecommunications operators, which helps operators increase subscriber revenue by offering new video-based services and personalized, unique video streams to each consumer. Unveiled at the 6th annual Tribeca Film Festival in Lower Manhattan, a world-class venue for the international film community to demonstrate the power of film, the system leverages the Solaris 10 Operating System to deliver the highest video streaming capacity in the industry by enabling cost-effective personalized video delivery over existing optical network infrastructure -- consequently reshaping the economics and quality of video delivery services.

Ikanos Communications introduces the Fusiv Vx180, the industry's fastest integrated VDSL2 gateway processor. The Vx180 single chip, multi-mode VDSL2 gateway processor provides 2.7 GHz of processing power, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), multi-mode DSL and security, while supporting best-in-class Quality of Service and wire speed performance.

The Vx180 is designed to enable the development of a high performance, integrated residential gateway platform for multi-play applications. The Vx180 reduces space and power requirements by combining Ikanos' industry leading VDSL2 customer premises equipment PHY and its widely deployed Fusiv network processor architecture onto a single chip. Ikanos' field-proven physical layer technology supports VDSL2, ADSL2+, ADSL2, ADSL and VDSL standards, and supports IPTV and triple-play optimized features such as Dynamic Rate Repartitioning and Seamless Rate Adaptation, which are expected to be incorporated into future standards enhancements. The Vx180 also supports maximum interleaver and deinterleaver memory for high levels of Impulse Noise Protection, as well as on-chip Quality of Service and wire speed performance, all of which is intended to enable optimum viewing experience.

Comtrend announces that Oklahoma-based Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has selected Comtrend’s CT-5621 Multi-port ADSL2+ Router as the key residential premises equipment to support deployment of IPTV and broadband services to its customers.

IPTV is a major initiative for Pioneer, which covers 30 Western Oklahoma counties. The cooperative chose CT-5621 routers due to its superior feature set and proven performance record established by a wide range of telecoms.

Comtrend’s CT-5621 is a versatile router that supports a wide array of residential and SOHO services at high-speed ADSL2+ rates up to 24Mbps. The device has four Ethernet ports and a USB interface; it also functions as either a router or a bridge, allowing multiple computers to access the Internet simultaneously.

Conexant Systems, Inc. introduced a family of integrated VDSL2 customer premises equipment (CPE) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. The new SoC family has been optimized to address a variety of triple-play voice, video, and data products ranging from VDSL2 voice-enabled CPE gateways to basic bridges. The SoCs feature a flexible architecture that supports all VDSL2 profiles up to "30a" for applications requiring 100/100 megabits-per-second (Mbps) operation, an integrated VoIP engine, and a powerful network processor. The chipsets also include advanced CPE technology that significantly improves VDSL performance by reducing interference on the copper lines, enabling operators to increase their subscriber coverage area.

Net Insight has received an order for deliveries to Kordia, one of the region's leading providers of customized broadcast and telecommunications networks, network services and converged solutions across New Zealand and Australia. The equipment will be used for contribution services for broadcasters of Video and IP/Ethernet services within New Zealand.

The solution is based on Net Insight's Nimbra platform and will be operational in early 2007.

mPhase Technologies will work with BitBand to integrate its Video On Demand technology with the mPhase TV+ System video entertainment middleware offer it markets to broadband operators as an integrated system to support interactive IPTV services.

The combined features will provide the network operators that mPhase serves with the ability to scale their Video On Demand offers as consumers discover the convenience of ordering entertainment on demand.

BuLogics has released its new streaming IPTV interface for wireless home control. BuLogics will unveil this latest release of its BaseCamp home automation system with wireless partner Zensys at TelcoTV. This new interface delivers a next-generation wireless home control solution designed for service providers seeking to offer a truly converged IPTV network that bundles entertainment, multimedia, home automation and communications into one streamlined experience for the consumer.

Inlet Technologies introduced Spinnaker, the first Inlet product line optimized specifically for live media delivery. This professional-grade solution offers best-in-class quality, for applications such as IPTV, web streaming, PEG, broadband TV and enterprise video. Spinnaker's capabilities are demonstrated in Inlet's booth, number 325, at TelcoTV.

Sigma Designs's media processors will be demonstrated by leading IPTV set-top box manufacturers at the TelcoTV conference. The company will also be demonstrating a wireless UWB multicast from a special meeting room (MR13) on the exhibition floor.

Sigma's SMP8630 series of media processors power the IPTV set-top boxes for over a dozen leading set-top box manufacturers including Motorola, Scientific-Atlanta/Cisco, and Wegener, among others.

Hargray Communications is gearing up to deliver IPTV services to residents in Sun City Hilton Head, South Carolina with the help of Alloptic, Inc.

"We've been using the Alloptic platform to deliver voice, data and RF Video services for several years," said Gerry Grayson, VP of Technology, Hargray Communications. "With the Alloptic platform we were able to seamlessly add IPTV to our service offering."

Modulus Video, Inc., unveiled its new VODxchange system, providing a complete, real-time MPEG-4 AVC encoding solution for both SD and HD designed to meet the growing demand for video on demand (VOD) movies and local content delivered over IPTV networks. The new system is already in use by leading content providers who are beginning to encode the first MPEG-4 AVC content for VOD. VODxchange is an easy to use real-time system that is designed to convert content from virtually any video format and encode it into MPEG-4 AVC while ensuring the highest video quality.

SES AMERICOM and International Datacasting Corporation have integrated IDC's next-generation DVB-S2 satellite receivers aboard the IP-PRIME IPTV service. As part of a newly-signed agreement, IDC is the exclusive provider of satellite receivers over the initial year of IP-PRIME service rollouts.

Consolidated Communications has selected Entone Technologies Hydra HD IP video gateway for their IPTV services.

With approximately 240,000 access lines throughout Illinois and Texas, Consolidated Communications is the 16th largest telephone company in the US. The company has provided telecommunications services to its communities for more than 100 years and now offers a triple-play service bundle of voice, video, and data.

Optibase Ltd. and SeaChange International will extend their product interoperability in support of IPTV services. Optibase will integrate its carrier-class media gateways with SeaChange's TV Platform, empowering Optibase's telco and hybrid network customers to deliver rich media over xDSL and other IP-based networks.

ECI Telecom today announced that it has signed a contract with Atlas Telecom Romania to expand their broadband network. This three-year contract will provide Atlas Telecom Romania with the ability to cost-effectively offer triple play and IPTV services.