Research and Markets has announced the addition of 2006 Latin America Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru to their offering

This report provides information on Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Each country has its own chapter and covers the following subjects.

• Key Statistics
• Market and Industry Overviews
• Regulatory Environment
• Major Players (fixed and mobile)
• Infrastructure
• Mobile Voice and Data Markets
• Internet, VoIP
• Broadband (DSL, cable, wireless)
• Pay TV and Convergence

As the networked home market reaches the mass-market adoption stage, multimedia and entertainment-centric networking solutions are likely to drive the demand for home networking and become strong revenue generators. Moreover, increasing broadband penetration and expanding range of applications and services are ushering in new growth opportunities for all stakeholders in this nascent market.

Metalink Ltd., a provider of high-performance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its WLANPlus chipset, a technology based on the emerging 802.11n standard, with unique capabilities for wireless multimedia distribution, at The Broadband World Forum in Hong Kong, May 16-17, at booth #514.

Broadbus Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of technology solutions for Television on Demand (TOD), and Axiom Systems, a market leader in service fulfillment software, today announced a partnership to address service providers' need for a next-generation video platform with an operational support system (OSS) that gives subscribers highly reliable, premium on-demand experiences. The alliance creates a solution that enables operators to simplify the deployment of IPTV video offerings, including networked digital video recording (nDVR), time-shifted television and TOD.

Information Architects, a leader in online information solutions, through its agreement with Global Triad and its subsidiary Global TV, has entered into a contract with Florida Extreme Wrestling to broadcast a live, Pay-Per-View, wrestling event. The event, dubbed "Mayhem in Melbourne," will feature world famous wrestlers such as Jake the Snake Roberts and King Kong Bundy. This live streaming event, to be broadcast on Saturday, May 13, 2006, will be presented on Global TV's "IPTV Sports Network".

Red Herring announced today that it has selected BitBand, a leading provider of video delivery solutions over IP broadband networks for telcos, as a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe, a selection of the 100 private companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region that play a leading role in innovation and technology. BitBand was previously selected for the 2005 Red Herring 100 Europe, making this the second year in a row that the company is recognized as a most promising technology firm.

AccuWeather, Inc. announced the creation of a new television channel for cable and IPTV subscribers that will deliver fully interactive real-time local forecasts and weather information with the choice and control of broadband and the quality and responsiveness of TV.

Alcatel today announced the launch of America's Cup Live Sailing for Internet-connected PCs and America's Cup Broadband TV, two innovative new media services that enable America's Cup sailing fans to enjoy the action a

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The long anticipated growth of the DVR is now being seen and some trends are beginning to emerge. While still early in its growth stage, IMS Research has observed a shift from standard definition (SD) DVRs to high definition (HD) DVRs, particularly in the US. IMS Research is estimating that HD DVRs made up 29% of the total worldwide shipments in 2005, and is forecasting this to grow to 54% by 2010.

Helius, Inc., the worldwide leader in business class IP broadcasting solutions, today announced MediaLock for IPTV, a software based encryption solution for IPTV network operators. MediaLock for IPTV extends the IPSEC encryption offered by Helius' patent pending MediaLock technology to IPTV set-top boxes, and offers an encryption methodology that can adapt to the real-time changes necessary in the IPTV world.

Titan Global Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it entered into a letter of intent to acquire all the assets of Trinity Communications, LLC, a cable company located in Orme, Tennessee. This agreement will provide Titan with Trinity's 240 retransmission channel contracts, which include such networks as CSNBC, FOX and many others. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Entriq, Inc., a company that provides all-in-one pay media solutions to manage, protect, monetize and deliver multimedia content to broadband, mobile and IPTV devices worldwide, today announced that it has been selected by Channel 4 to help enable its new online video-on-demand offering.

A week ago we have launched our new IPTV Jobs section. We have and will be asking companies for opportunities in the IPTV sector that they are currently looking to fill. So far, we have received 9 job listings and expect the number to grow.

We have also just created a RSS feed specifically for IPTV jobs. If you don't already subscribe to our main RSS feed, you can receive IPTV jobs by clicking on the little RSS icon on our IPTV Jobs section.

Optibase, Ltd., a leading provider of advanced digital head-end solutions, today announced that France's leading pay TV operator, CANAL+ Group, has chosen Optibase IPTV platforms to provide video over IP capabilities throughout the facility's premises.

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