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IPTV News: December 16, 2008 - In a move likely to benefit the Polish IPTV market, local incumbent telco TPSA is to be split into separate wholesale and retail operations by order of the country's Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), giving alternative carriers in the country easier access to the incumbent's infrastructure.

[ZDNet UK Blogs - News Blog] Inside Orange's innovation process - Mixed Signals - Rupert ...: In France, if you've got good DSL and fibre, you can do IPTV. Eligibility is very low in the UK We have created something called the non-eligible zone, which uses satellite for video on demand, but it's sold in the same way as the wired version under the Multiplay name.

[Broadband TV News] HI Telecom ownership changes : Broadband TV News: H1 Telecom is one of the leading alternative telcos in Croatia and is expected to launch an IPTV service in the near future. The incumbent T-HT has operated one named MAXtv since September 2006.

IPTV News: To become the world's most successful IPTV operator, with operations across a swathe of Europe and beyond now totalling 1.535mn subs (including becoming a part of the family for 1.389mn French households) since the launch of Orange TV in 2003, is nothing short of brilliance. France is recognised globally as the engine-room of IPTV in Europe, and it is the country's former incumbent which plays a star role.

[Broadband TV News] Ukraine’s DTH joyride : Broadband TV News: Ukraine also has a small though growing IPTV sector, with the Comstar-UTS subsidiary Comstar-Ukraina have launched a service in March this year and incumbent telco Ukrtelecom due to give a debut to one shortly.

[Fiberevolution] Fiberevolution: Soundbite fight at Fiber Corral: (that's the bit that's against the regulator's recommendations and the recent LME law, which stipulates that the demarcation point should systematically be in the public domain). Free's solution is to run two fiber strands to each apartment so that if the customer switches providers, there's no need for a double truck roll (one from each SP).

[Broadband TV News] Polish DTT/DVB-H timetable takes shape : Broadband TV News: Publicly owned TVP has expressed its desire to become a multiplex operator, while the upcoming contest for the second multiplex has already attracted interest from several parties including TPSA, the incumbent France Telecom-backed .

[Broadband Presentations] IBM CISCO IPTV Infrastructure solution :: IBM :: Guntars Otto: All these give astrongly needed competitive edge for theseplayers.IBM integrate and deploys IPTVInfrastructure across IT andNetwork technology domains,based on IBM and partnertechnologies14Converged Communication ServicesCISCO Expo, Helsinki 2008-04-22 © 2008 IBM CorporationSupport services for IPTV infrastructureThe support services for IPTV solutionprovides suite of support services basedon service level objectives to monitorthe IPTV infrastructure end to end. Thisapproach provides:- fault,- configuration,- asset tracking,- performance and security services on a monthlyfee basis, based on the number of devices undermanagement.- additionally included is monthly networkconsulting services to proved recommendation forthe network and an engagement management.Managing, operating and troubleshooting IPTV infrastructure requires alot of:- Specific vendor technology knowledge- End-to-end architecture knowledgeIPTV service provider wants one pointof contact for lower risk and predictablecosts.IBM supports IPTV Infrastructuresharing L1, L2 and L3 support withit’s Global Partners15Converged Communication ServicesCISCO Expo, Helsinki 2008-04-22 © 2008 IBM CorporationIBM and partner’s products are implemented IBM Telecom Solution Labs.La Gaude has IPTV Infrastructurefor our client proof of concepts and demonstrations.Austin, TexasBeaverton,OregonHursley, UKBeijing, ChinaLa Gaude,FranceMontpellier,FranceThought leadership insupport of clientengagementsConsultancyReduce risk ofsolutionsimplementationsISV IntegrationEnable faster clientdeploymentsProofs ofConceptsComprehensive end-to-end solutionsDemonstrationsTailored to meetspecific clientrequirementsClientBriefingsIBM Telecom Solutions Labs capabilitiesIPTV Proof ofConceptandDemonstrationcentre16Converged Communication ServicesCISCO Expo, Helsinki 2008-04-22 © 2008 IBM CorporationEquipments in the Demo CenterDemo premises4 TV sets connected via different access modes:2 * 46" Full HD (High Definition) TV and 13TV channels37" Full HD TV and STB, 20 TV channels32" HD Ready, Standard Definition STB, 8TV channelsSet Top Box (STB) Connected via Ethernet to the home (ETTH)Residential Gateway (RG) connected via ADSL2+17Converged Communication ServicesCISCO Expo, Helsinki 2008-04-22 © 2008 IBM CorporationEquipments in the Demo CenterDemo / PoC machine RoomCISCO Core and Metro NetworkCISCO and Allied Telesis Access NetworkCisco VideoQualityEnhancer, VQECISCO Scientific Atlanta Video HeadendCisco CDS and Kasenna VoD systemsVerimatrix and Widevine CAS SystemsMinerva and ORCA MiddlewaresAmino, Kreatel, Sagem and SA STB’s18Converged Communication ServicesCISCO Expo, Helsinki 2008-04-22 © 2008 IBM CorporationIBM La Gaude IPTV PoC and Demo infrastructure19Converged Communication ServicesCISCO Expo, Helsinki 2008-04-22 © 2008 IBM CorporationGuntars OttoGuntars.otto@lv.ibm.com

[Connected TV] Netflix plus Xbox 360 might work better than iPlayer plus Nintendo ...: The TDG report suggests that the threat to incumbent PayTV operators by console-based OTT video delivery services will initially be limited to value-added video services such a pay-per-view or video-on-demand. As such, it doesn’t yet threaten their core video business - again, not yet.

[Broadband Presentations] Overview of french IP market :: Neo Telecoms :: Didier Soucheyre: Neo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008OVERVIEW OF FRENCH IP MARKETNeo TelecomsDidier SoucheyrePresidentNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008French Internet Exchangeswww.eurogix.org415StrasbourgEurogIXwww.lyonix.net322LyonLyonIXwww.fnix6.net017ParisFNIX6www.ixexchange.com110ParisEquinixwww.panap.fr6135ParisPanapwww.renater.fr18102ParisSFInXwww.parix.net1347ParisParixwww.freeix.net16105ParisFreeIXWebsiteQty carriersQty MembersCityNameNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008INTERNET ACCESS - FRENCH MARKETAbout 19 Million subscribersMostly ADSL4 main ISPs1 incumbent Carrier, no real French competitorsNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008France Telecom ORANGE7,6 Million subscribers (5,6 Million DSL)Strategy : incumbent OperatorNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008SFR - NEUF5 Million subscribers (3,3 Million DSL)Strategy : external growthAfter a lot of acquisitions in the past 5 years, SFR/Neuf is now theSecond largest operator/ISP in FranceSiris, Kaptech, Firstmark, Erenis, AOL France,Club Internet, Telecom Développement,”¦Neo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008FREE5 Million subscribers (3 Million DSL)Strategy : internal growthNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008NUMERICABLE1 Million subscribers (1 Million Cable)Strategy : internal growth and consolidation of cable providersNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008Alternative NetworksLocal and Public Initiative Networks, covering several cities anddepartments in France.Trend initiated 5 years ago and expanding due to local initiativesand new legal rules for local authorities.Used technologies : ADSL, Wifimax, FTTH, Wimax, CableNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008Largest French Content ProvidersDailyMotionSkyrockOrangeFreeDeezerTF1Neo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008Most Popular Websites in FranceRanking 1 to 16 :Google, Windows live, Skyrock, Youtube, MSN,Yahoo, Orange, Facebook, Free, Dailymotion,Ebay France, Wikipedia, Linternaute, Myspace,PriceministerNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPMarket positionningOrange and SFR control the whole range of delivery :-Voice network-Data network-Mobile networkFree and Numericable are mostly Data networksBouygues Telecom is a pure Mobile networkNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPMarket trendsThe 3 main ISP’s look to vertical integration :-Services-Content-Content production-DRMThey also focus on deploying FTTH to keep a captiveCustomer baseNeo Telecoms55 Avenue Marceau 75116 ParisTél.: 01 49 97 07 40 - Fax: 01 49 97 07 30contact@neotelecoms.com - www.neotelecoms.comOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IPOpérateur d’Infrastructures et de Services IP© Neo Telecoms 2008Neo TelecomsEuropean Peering Forum Dublin

[EDA Geek] Research and Markets Ltd Reveals Latest IP TV Global Forecast ...: The forecast for North America has decreased due to schedule slips and is now behind Asia. Schedules for SBC and BellSouth have slipped because they are waiting for MPEG-4 set-top boxes and Microsoft's middleware as well the difficulty of integrating IP TV with back office systems.

[Broadband Presentations] Comstar UTS Corporate presentation based on Q3 2008 results ...: Selective installation offiber to the homeCopperSTRUCTUREBROADBAND MGTSREGIONS SVYAZINVESTCAPEX of up to $72 million (2008)70-80% of the “last mile” is to be “Sped Up” from 6 Mbps to 24 Mbps by the end of 2008Based on 3Q2008 resultsBROADBAND REGIONS MGTS STRUCTURE SVYAZINVESTAt homeAt homeIn the carIn the carIn public placesIn public placesAt friendsAt friends•• WiWi--FiFi -- FONFON•• FreeFree ((oror 5050 RUR/hourRUR/hour))•• WiWi--FiFi or roamingor roaming•• 100100--200200 RUR/hourRUR/hour•• 1010--2020 RUR/MBRUR/MBADSLADSLWiWi--FiFiWiWi--FiFiWiMAXWiMAXConnectionConnectionManagerManager•• Fixed paymentFixed payment (300(300--400400RUR/monthRUR/month))UpdateUpdateBe with Comstar and stay on-line!Growing number of ADSL subscribers, already using WiFi access at home, will getaccess to the Internet everywhere from Comstar11Based on 3Q2008 resultsBROADBAND REGIONS MGTS STRUCTURE SVYAZINVESTComstar Regions of Presence in RussiaCities with population, more than 200kRegions1 600KVoronegYaroslavlRyazanTulaLipetskBryanskIvanovoTverKurskBelgorodVladimirKalugaOrelSmolenskTambovKostromaStaryOskolRybinskKaliningradArhangelskMurmaskCherepovetsVologda*PetrozavodskкSyktivkarVelikyNovgorodPskovSeverodvinskNijniNovgorodSamaraKazanUfaPermSaratovTolyattyIjevskUlianovskOrenburgPenzaNaberejnieChelniKirovCheboksarySaranskSterlitamakDzerjinskIochkar-OlaOrskNijnekamskBalakovoEngelsSyzranRostov-on-DonVolgogradKrasnodarAstrahanMahachkalaStavropolSochyKurganVladikavkazVoljskyNalchikTaganrogShahtyNovorossiiskGroznyАрмавирEkaterinburgChelyabinskTyumenMagnitogorskNizhniTagilSurgutNizhnevartovskZlatoustKamensk-UralskiNovosibirskOmskKrasnoyarskBarnaulIrkutskNovokuznetskKemerovoTomskUlan-UdeChitaBratskAngarskBiyskProkopevskNorilskVladivostokKhabarovskKomsomolskYakutskBlagoveshchenskCentral North West Volga South Ural SiberiaFarEastSt.Petersbourg1 400K1 200K1 000K800K600K400K200KRegional operations cover 66 cities with combined population exceeding 30 mln people12Based on 3Q2008 resultsAcquisition of Stream-TVSTRUCTUREBROADBAND MGTSREGIONS SVYAZINVESTâ–º 3.6 million households passedâ–º 1.8 million active pay-TV subscribers (ARPU ~ US$5)â–º 200 thousand broadband subscribers (ARPU ~ US$ 14)â–º 30% of the network has already been modernizedâ–º Revenues in 2007 US$ 89.8 millionâ–º OIBDA margin in 2007 24.6%â–º ~ 4000 employeesâ–º Comstar takes STREAM-TV under managementcontrol from September 4, 2008â–º Independent valuation by E&Y: enterprise value - US$ 250, halfis debtâ–º Acquisition to be completed by the end of 2008â–º Will be consolidated into Comstar financials from 2009Comstar total broadband base increased to over 1 mlnresidential subs,Pay - TV - to over 2 mln residential subs33610020040501001502002503002006 2007 9m08Comstar Stream-TVResidential BB subs outside Moscow, ”˜00039,2127,7 120,2900501001502002502006 2007 9m08Revenue outside Moscow, mln. US$***In accordance with old accounting policy in respect of acquisitions.

[IPTV News at IPTV Watch] Tilgin Wins Mystery Middle East Order: Tilgin who are providers of customer premises equipment (CPE) solutions for multiplay and next-generation broadband services, have won a mystery order for High Definition IPTV technology from what they refer to as “a major incumbent telecom operator in the Middle East”, although they have not elaborated on which company they are referring to or which country or countries they operate in.

[IPTV Daily] Oct. 8 2008 Daily News: Tiscali’s head of IPTV Fabrizio Meli says, "The importance of video in a triple-play service package cannot be underestimated. We teamed with Cisco for this .

[Get Business DSL] CTAM Live: Becoming A TV Leader (MultiChannel News): In recent years, France Telecom has been working overtime to prove that a lumbering incumbent telco can become a nimble global provider of quad play services by dramatically expanding its offerings for IPTV, mobile television, broadband Internet connections and other services.

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