WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 151 / 356
ECI will provide its IP DSLAM platform to support Atlas Telecom’s applications to both
residential and business subscribers. ECI’s ADSL2+ based equipment will be co-located in
the central offices of the incumbent operator in Romania, to support residential services.
ECI’s outside plant solution will be installed within Atlas Telecom’s own street cabinets,
using VDSL2 line cards, to support business subscribers.
[E14] Romanian IPTV operation Ines instead, plans to invest € 500,000 on its network in
2008, according to a local report. Part of the money will be used to prepare for the
introduction of such additional services as HDTV. Ines claims to be the first IPTV operation
in Romania and provides its service in upmarket parts of the capital, Bucharest.
Slovakia
UPC Broadband Slovakia is the most relevant multimedia provider of Slovakia.
[E16] On November 14 th , 2007, the company has announced that it will not raise the prices
for any of its services from the beginning of 2008. These now include a 70-channel digital
cable TV offer named UPC Digital, which made its debut earlier this year, as well as
analogue cable TV, broadband internet access and telephony.
Slovenia
[E16] T-2 is the number one alternative IPTV operator in Slovenia that offers a wide
selection of movies, series and other video content, available for on-demand viewing.
In this year, Verimatrix announced the successful deployment of Verimatrix's Video Content
Authority System for T-2's IPTV deployment.
While traditional conditional access systems are architected around one-way
communications, Verimatrix has designed its solutions from the ground up using the power
and integrity of modern two-way IP infrastructure.
"We are very pleased to have worked with Smart Com to provide an exceptional content
security solution tailored for the T-2 IPTV service", commented Robert Payne, VP of sales,
EMEA for Verimatrix. "This deployment demonstrates the extent to which the IPTV
technology can enable new businesses and extend consumer choice".