BellSouth Initiates Technical Trial of Microsoft TV IPTV Edition
06 Janvier 2005 - 4:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
BellSouth Initiates Technical Trial of Microsoft TV IPTV Edition --
BellSouth Working with Microsoft in Testing Delivery of Video
Services via High-Speed Internet Connections -- ATLANTA, Jan. 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS) today announced a
technical trial of Microsoft(R) TV Internet Protocol Television
(IPTV) Edition software platform, tapping the advancing
capabilities of the company's next generation broadband network.
BellSouth's fiber-rich broadband network will increasingly serve as
the primary platform used to deliver cutting-edge voice, video and
data services to customers. By leveraging new DSL technologies,
including ADSL2+ and copper pair bonding, and BellSouth's five
million miles of fiber cabling, BellSouth intends to trial a
feature-rich video offer during the first half of 2005. BellSouth
will also continue to expand its fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) network,
which currently passes one million homes, to an additional 180,000
customers in 2005. BellSouth is currently completing testing of
IPTV hardware and software within its labs and will later expand
its trial to set-top boxes within customers' homes selected for the
trial. BellSouth will then evaluate further deployment based upon
results of the trial. "IPTV will potentially forever alter the way
we consume video content much like personal video recorders have
done," said Bill Smith, chief technology officer of BellSouth.
"IPTV places customers in the driver's seat and gives them complete
control of their entertainment experience regardless of the media
format or on which device within their home they wish to use. We're
bringing together the benefits of broadband, the rapid adoption of
home networking technology and the magic of software to give
customers content where, when and how they want it." About
BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100
communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and a
parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless
voice and data provider. Backed by award winning customer service,
BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of
voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth
Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle
their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed
DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless
service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local
and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth
also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R)
RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R). More information
about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ .
DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Brent Fowler of
BellSouth, +1-404-249-2839, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/
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