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RSS iptvExeter Uni gives £5.5m network upgrade the green light
News The test was outsourced to Spirent Communications and was used to determine whether the preferred supplier hardware was fit to deliver 200 channels of IPTV and 1Gbps networking to the desktop across the university's campus.silicon.com Public Sector [17 Jul 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News He warned: "In a few years, internet users will expect to be able to view full-HD streaming IPTV via their internet connection. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight. [20 Jun 2008]
Enabling IPTV: What Carriers Need to Know to Succeed
White Paper Successfully launching IPTV depends on choosing the right network architecture both in terms of fiber rollout and the video distribution system. On the fiber side, SPs should take care to choose a solution that will provide enough bandwidth to... [16 May 2008]
Service creation: Meeting the product lifecycle challenge
White Paper The advent of Voice over IP (VoIP) and other technologies such as Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) is disrupting the traditional discrete structure of the telecom service provider industry and allowing new competitors to enter the market. [11 Apr 2008]
Building Packet-Aware Transport Networks
White Paper The arrival of more sophisticated multimedia offerings, including VoIP, IPTV, and related services such as video telephony and gaming present enormous opportunities while at the same time created network challenges. [10 Apr 2008]
IPTV Demands a Real-Time Control System That Assures the Quality of Experience
White Paper IPTV is set to have a major impact on the telecommunications provider future, enabling them to effectively compete for control of the next-generation broadband home. The Cisco BPM empowers service providers to succeed in this new venture by... [03 Apr 2008]
Harnessing the Flexibility of IP: Helping Service Providers Build the Next Generation of Video Networks
White Paper Cisco Systems is leading the way in supporting the most number of successful IPTV/Video deployments. The Cisco IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture, and its technologies offer an innovative, cost-effective, and scalable approach for a... [03 Apr 2008]
IPTV Streaming Provides the Solution to the Demise of Analogue TV Distribution Systems
White Paper IPTV Streaming provides an ideal solution for distribution of television and video channels in the business environment. IPTV is digital - so it is immune from problems of noise, distortion and signal degradation that affect analogue signals. [27 Mar 2008]
IP Next-Generation Network Requirements for Scalable and Reliable Broadcast IPTV Services
White Paper With these solutions, service providers can offer scalable and reliable broadcast IPTV services over an IP NGN that delivers high quality entertainment-grade viewing experience. Broadcast video services and transport are playing an increasingly... [24 Mar 2008]
Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni
Case Study John Turnbull, head of networks in the university's IT services department, even has plans for an IPTV multicasting service to launch in September. He adds: "It's [wi-fi] becoming part of [students'] everyday normal access, part of the learning... [18 Mar 2008]
'Unlimited broadband' thing of the past?
News Neil Armstrong, PlusNet's product and marketing director, said: "2008 will be the year of IPTV. For some time, many ISPs have been offering users what they call unlimited broadband, although it almost always comes with some kind of "fair usage" cap... [17 Mar 2008]
How Cisco Designed and Deployed IPTV for Global Communications
White Paper Cisco IP/TV broadcasts are one of several ways that Cisco Systems delivers multimedia content, some of the others being virtual classrooms and Video on Demand (VoD). In general, Cisco uses Cisco IP/TV broadcasts for providing high-quality, live, or... [04 Mar 2008]
BBC signs up with iTunes
News Once downloaded, the programmes can be played on Mac or PC as well as on video iPods, iPhones and Apple's IPTV service. A range of BBC television programmes are now available for download at Apple's UK iTunes store. [19 Feb 2008]
BA puts faith in IP at Terminal 5
Case Study Among other things, the network also supports T5's telephone system along with BA's IPTV service which is based in the airline's Waterside HQ nearby. British Airways (BA) is in the final testing phase of its sophisticated IP network in Heathrow's... [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Driving safety through tech
Photo Some of the projects include technology to improve road safety, boost the appeal of IPTV and to protect VoIP networks from attack. silicon.com went along to NEC's R&D labs in Heidelberg, Germany, to see some of the technology it has been developing. [21 Jan 2008]
