At the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) Broadband World Forum conference and exhibition taking place in Madrid, Spain, October 3-6,
Lucent Technologies will showcase its advanced IPTV and IP Multimedia services and solutions.
Lucent will demonstrate how its broadband access solutions, combined with
Lucent's industry-leading Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
solution, enable wireline, wireless and converged network operators to offer
compelling new "blended lifestyle" services that integrate telephony features,
Web and TV capabilities in exciting ways and deliver them to consumers or
business customers anytime, anywhere.
Lucent also will show how network operators can simplify the integration
and management of complex multimedia networks by leveraging Lucent Worldwide
Service's expertise in professional and consulting services, and network
management software.
"Service providers are in a great position to go beyond simple IPTV to
offer new, ground-breaking multimedia services to consumers," said Rob Piconi,
vice president and general manager for Broadband Solutions at Lucent
Technologies. "We're excited to show our customers how they can delight
consumers and business users with a true multimedia experience by combining
video with interactive applications such as Web browsing, video conferencing
and personal, portable TV services."
Lucent's exhibit (stand #7005 at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos) will
highlight a variety of services that can help operators generate new revenue
and deliver unmatched customer value. The demonstrations include live
broadcast TV and video on demand being delivered over IP, featuring MPEG-2 and
MPEG-4 AVC video streaming. The exhibit also will showcase new, integrated
multimedia applications, including games on demand, a unique Bell Labs-
developed personalized mobile TV service, blended lifestyle applications
including Family Tracker, Missed Call, Video Messaging and Video Greetings, as
well as Video Conferencing on TV, Caller ID on TV (with program pause),
blended video and data services (e.g. watching a TV program while
simultaneously communicating with friends via IM or VoIP), and Web on TV.
Lucent will be featuring solutions and applications that enable service
providers to leverage Lucent's expertise in IPTV and VoIP, broadband access
technologies and multivendor network, systems and applications integration
capabilities. The Lucent stand features key elements of the company's IPTV
and IP video and multimedia portfolio, including the Stinger ® FS+ (part of
Lucent's Stinger ® Portfolio of DSL Access Concentrators) supporting live
IPTV traffic over a Gigabit Ethernet architecture using the IP2100 control
module for full IP routing, as well as advanced Layer 3 features including IP
multicast routing and ADSL2+ high-bandwidth line interface modules. In
addition, Lucent's AnyMedia ® Line Access Gateway 1900, a high-density
multiservice network gateway for voice and broadband services, will be
supporting live VoIP traffic enabling service providers to economically evolve
to next-generation networks.
Lucent's exhibit also will show how Lucent Worldwide Services combines its
network, systems and applications integration capabilities along with partner
video products including ORCA's RIGHTv middleware platform, the SeaChange IP
Video System, Widevine's CypherSuite Encryption and Conditional Access
Solution, Harmonic's DiviCom MV 100 multi-codec encoding platform, and Set-Top
Boxes from Amino to deliver an extensive suite of IPTV capabilities. As a
prime integrator, Lucent serves as the single point of contact for the
integration and delivery of a complete IPTV solution.
"We are excited to offer a complete end-to-end IPTV solution that
leverages LWS' network and video expertise and best-in-class partner
products," said Stef van Aarle, vice president of marketing, Lucent Worldwide
Services. "Lucent, in collaboration with its partners, offers an open,
highly-scalable, reliable and mass-market-ready IPTV and other personalized
multimedia applications to our customers now and in the future."