Jul 31, 2009, post by Artur Ślesik
Hipso Multimedia, Inc. (OTCBB: HPSO) announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Valtech Communications, Inc., which offers “triple play” services (telephone, television and Internet), has submitted a proposal in response to a DVBT (Digital Video Broadcast Terrestrial) network technology tender from the Slovak Telecom Office for the installation and operations of telecommunications services throughout Slovakia. Valtech’s response was contained in a 350 page technical and service document. The winner of the tender will be granted an exclusive renewable twenty-year operating license. Rene Arbic, President of Hipso and Valtech, personally negotiated the tender submission in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The Slovak tender was announced in Hipso’s press release dated June 9, 2009. However, at that time, Valtech was contemplating submitting a response but had not yet done so.
AZD (Automatizacia ?eleznienej dopravy, a.s.) and ZSR (Zeleznice Slovenskej Republiky) have joined the Valtech team in its response to the Slovak tender. AZD brings a long and vast experience in the installation and maintenance of electronic equipment throughout Slovakia. AZD will supply the manpower to install the equipment for the telecommunications network.
AZD has offices strategically located in all major cities in Slovakia. ZSR
is the Slovak national railroad company which owns an extensive fiber optic network along its rail beds.
A requirement of the license is to cover at least 90% of the 1.7 million
Slovak households by December 31, 2012.
Rene Arbic, President of Hipso and Valtech, stated: “Responding to the
tender was a serious endeavour for Valtech and its technical staff. Adding AZD and ZSR as participants further strengthens our world-class team which also includes LM Ericsson Telephone Company and Harris Corporation.”
Hipso Multimedia, Inc. is dedicated to combining cutting edge technology
and service in the triple play telecommunications industry. It intends to
become a major force in the IPTV (Internet Protocol Television Broadcasting) arena as well in DVBT (Digital Video Broadcast Terrestrial)
network technology. The number of households around the world subscribing to IPTV services offered by telecom carriers will reach 48.8 million in 2010 according to Gartner, Inc. a telecommunications consultancy. More than sixty countries have announced their conversion to DVB-T national networks, which is the DVB European-based consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television (without satellite). This system transmits compressed digital audio, video and other data in a free to air mode (directly to the television without charge) to all television sets in a given country.
All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this
press release are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond the Company’s control.
Jul 31, 2009, post by Artur Ślesik
SES Astra signed a capacity deal with German satellite service provider InSat, SES Astra announced July 30.
InSat will use a transponder on Astra 2C to provide IP backbone services to small- and medium-sized enterprises in the Middle East and Caucasus region from 31.5 degrees East. SES Astra will provide uplink services from its facilities in Luxembourg.
“We have chosen SES Astra because its Astra 2C satellite provides excellent coverage for our target region enabling our customers to receive our new service with a small-sized, 60-centimeter dish,” Valentin Gurinovich, CEO of InSat, said in a statement.
InSat is the second customer contracting capacity on Astra 2C, bringing the total number of contracted transponders to five.
Jul 31, 2009, post by Artur Ślesik
On a mission to accelerate IP-Cable and IPTV deployments worldwide, Entropic Communications, Inc.
(Nasdaq:ENTR), a leading provider of silicon and software solutions to enable connected home entertainment and Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in digital media processing system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for consumer electronics, today announced their cooperative relationship to develop high definition, MoCA compliant Cable TV and IPTV Set-Top-Box
(STB) reference designs, powered by Entropic’s EN2510 and Sigma Designs’ SMP8654. Due to debut in the Fall of 2009, the reference designs will bring highly competitive, full-featured set-top box solutions to OEMs and service providers globally.
The Sigma Designs — Entropic Communications relationship symbolizes the technological innovations both companies are bringing to the global Cable TV and IPTV marketplaces. These leading companies are focused on the development of robust, feature-rich reference designs that leverage the full advantages of MoCA connectivity and powerful multimedia processing. The two companies expect to advance end-users’ connected home entertainment experiences, expand service provider innovation, and spur ubiquitous connected digital home networks worldwide.
Using Entropic’s third-generation, MoCA 1.1 compliant EN2510 single-chip solution, and Sigma Designs’ SMP8654 Media Processor SoC, the Cable TV and IPTV Set-Top Box reference designs are optimized to enable a cost-effective IP network, capable of delivering outstanding HD video performance, with guaranteed quality of service, over the existing coaxial cabling within the home. By taking advantage of up to
175 Mbps of application layer throughput, 16 node support, parameterized quality of service (PQoS) and remote network diagnostic capability of the MoCA 1.1 standard, the reference designs will provide both the bandwidth and media processing required to handle multiple streams of high definition video in addition to other network traffic, such as the sharing of personal content like music, photographs and other digital content.
“Sigma Designs’ OEMs and ODMs will accelerate the deployment of advanced IP-Cable and IPTV STBs by taking advantage of market-ready reference designs. Entropic’s EN2510 single-chip MoCA solution used in our reference designs provides a strong solution for low-power, high-performance, ‘no new wires’ home network for distribution of IP video,” said Ken Lowe, vice president strategic marketing at Sigma.
“The collaboration with Entropic for our Cable TV and IPTV reference designs will enable higher quality solutions with faster time-to-market for the rapid deployment of MoCA enabled set-top boxes.”
“With millions of Cable TV and more than ten million IPTV subscribers worldwide, we expect to see increased operator interest in more advanced digital home networking solutions. Fueled by the introduction of innovative reference designs like the Sigma Designs’ MoCA powered IP-Cable and IPTV STBs, service providers can offer their subscribers higher bandwidth and a more robust home network while providing new services and generating higher Average Revenue Per User (ARPU),” said Vinay Gokhale, senior vice president marketing and business development for Entropic Communications. “By partnering with Sigma Designs, a clear leader in media processors for the IP-Cable and IPTV market, we continue to expand our home networking product presence and bring innovation to the STB market, enabling simplified deployment and accelerated time-to-market for service providers globally.”
The SMP8654 is a multi-core media processor that features a 500 MHz MIPS 24k main CPU that enables crisp user interaction and a wider range of application-based features, which enhance the “future-proofing” of this platform. It also offers a full complement of advanced decoder engines with high-definition video decoding, including H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10), Windows Media(R) Video 9, VC-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 (part 2), and the new AVS standard.
Entropic’s third-generation home networking solutions enable high performance and robust communication using existing home coaxial cables without the need for new wiring or modifications. The EN2510 offers best-in-class value for next-generation connected products requiring the features and throughput performance of a MoCA home network. The EN2510 offers convenience and cost savings by combining the coaxial network controller and RF transceiver into a single 15×15 mm chip for a complete MoCA 1.1 compliant solution. Manufactured in an advanced 65 nm process, the EN2510 substantially lowers power consumption over previous generations and supports advanced Input/Output interfaces such as PCI Express along with MII/TMII/GMII and RGMII.
