IPlay3™ receives
the Frost & Sullivan Product of the Year Award
Paris, January
27 2005 – The
IPlay3™ solution has received, through NetCentrex,
the prestigious Frost & Sullivan VoIP Equipment and Network
Infrastructure Product of the Year Award for 2005. The award
recognizes IPlay3™’s unique and innovative integrated
residential triple play architecture.
IPlay3 is a consortium established to deliver a “best of breed” residential
triple play solution. The consortium comprises of Highdeal, the leading provider
of pricing, high performance rating and settlement solutions for emerging services,
NetCentrex, the leading enabler of converged voice-video-data networks and
next-generation services and Envivio, the leading provider of MPEG-4 and H.264
broadcast and streaming solutions.
With the goal of providing a complete, integrated, flexible and cost-effective
triple play solution, the IPlay3 solution merges these advanced VoIP, IP-TV,
IP-VOD and BSS/OSS technologies to allow service providers to offer value-added
voice and video services on top of a high-speed Internet offering. It allows
telcos to offer video, cable operators to add voice to their video and data
offerings, and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployments to seamlessly integrate
their voice, video, rating and billing IP services under a single platform.
“We are
delighted and honored to be chosen for the Frost & Sullivan
Product of the Year 2005 Award ," said
Alain Fernando-Santana, NetCentrex Inc. Chief Executive Officer . "This
award is a testament to our market leading strategy to enable
service providers to deliver triple play services efficiently."
“Frost & Sullivan’s recognition
of Iplay3 is a great accolade for us and clearly demonstrates
how significant the technology is. The award not only recognises
the increasing demand for a residential triple play solution
but also the unique nature of Iplay3. The consortium continues
to grow from strength to strength and we look forward to continuing
our relationship with NetCentrex and Envivio in 2005.” says
Eric Pillevesse, Highdeal CEO.
About
Envivio Inc.
Envivio is a leading provider of
complete MPEG-4 solutions for broadcasters, enterprises and
service providers. The company has established itself as the
most experienced creator of high-quality MPEG-4 solutions that
enable customers to build new revenue streams and use the efficiencies
of delivering content to the full range of MPEG-4 capable devices.
The Envivio solution includes various components to create,
encode, protect, and distribute MPEG-4 content.
About Highdeal
Highdeal is the world's leading provider of service
Pricing & Rating solutions. We provide the necessary agility to ensure the
profitability of fast-evolving business models with both customers and partners.
Highdeal Transactive® is
a modular software solution that monetizes business transactions in real-time.
Companies rely on Highdeal to solve their billing problems in service industries
such as telecommunications, media and entertainment, technology, transportation
and logistics, and financial services. For more information, visit www.highdeal.com.
About
NetCentrex™
NetCentrex develops unique next generation network (NGN) voice and video solutions
that optimize network infrastructure and enable telecom operators and service
providers to deliver voice-video-data and fixed-mobile converged services for
both the consumer and enterprise markets.
Solutions include IP telephony, video telephony,
Triple Play, IP Centrex, voice/video VPN, contact center and
IVRservices. All solutions are built on the NetCentrex Softswitch,
Media Server and System Management platforms that provide core
infrastructure, network connectivity and single point of provisioning.
Founded in 1998, NetCentrex has sales and
partner representatives in over 25 countries and over 40 operator
and service provider customers. Leading European and US venture
capital firms back the privately held company
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