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Swisscom Chooses IneoQuest Multi-Dimensional Video Quality Management System to Ensure End-to-End Video Quality
Bluewin TV Enables High Quality IP Video Delivery
| Quelle: IneoQuest Technologies
MANSFIELD, MA--(Marketwire - August 28, 2008) - IneoQuest Technologies, Inc., the leading
global supplier of end-to-end quality, service and revenue assurance
solutions for video providers of all types and sizes announced that
Swisscom, has chosen IneoQuest IQPinPoint Multi-dimensional Video Quality
Management System to manage end-to-end video quality throughout their
advanced IPTV video delivery network, Bluewin TV. The IQPinPoint system
deployed by Swisscom utilizes the IneoQuest family of network probes
including IQMediaMonitor for head-end and core, as well as the new
Cricket family of probes for network edge to the customer premise and the
iVMS, the industry's first multi-dimensional video quality management
system designed to remotely monitor and automatically troubleshoot video
quality across the entire network.
"Bluewin TV next-generation television services are expected to give
consumers a highly personalized, highly integrated on-demand viewing
experience, while enabling operators to rapidly introduce new
applications," said Philippe Vuilleumier, Head of Network & IT Operation at
Swisscom. "In this environment, having video quality performance visibility
across all network subsystems is absolutely critical in order to ensure
both customer quality of experience and OPEX goals are met. IneoQuest's
multi-dimensional network monitoring and analysis approach to video quality
delivers the quality assurance tools that are key to that success."
"Providing objective, at-a-glance video quality metrics across an entire
network including all subsystems requires more capabilities than
traditional monitoring tools can deliver," said Stuart Newton, General
Manager of IneoQuest European Operations. "Our new IQPinPoint system
automatically monitors and analyzes in three dimensions, across the entire
IPTV network, verifying the quality of all video subsystems to ensure
network issues are identified and resolved before viewers are affected."
Bluewin TV offers a diverse range of services combined with a set of
intelligent tools. These include an electronic program guide with details
of current and upcoming programs, a live pause function, and easy-to-use
programming functions for program or serials via remote control, mobile
phone or the Internet. With Bluewin TV customers can select a basic offer
of Live Events and rent films directly out of a Video on Demand platform.
About Swisscom
Swisscom is Switzerland's leading telecoms provider with 5.4 million mobile
customers, around 5.4 million fixed lines, including 1.7 million broadband
connections. In the first half of 2008, the company's 19,795 employees
(full-time equivalents) generated revenues of CHF 5.99 billion. Over 850
young people complete their traineeship at Swisscom in the fields of IT,
telematics, mediamatics, retail and commerce. Swisscom is active
nationwide, delivering services and products for mobile, fixed and IP-based
voice and data communications. Massive investments in network
infrastructure ensure that this will remain the case also in the future.
Since the launch of Bluewin TV, customers too have become increasingly
aware of the trend towards multimedia. With the Italian provider Fastweb,
Swisscom is present in one of Europe's most attractive broadband markets.
Swisscom is also active in IT infrastructure outsourcing as well as in the
management of communications infrastructures.
About IneoQuest Technologies
IneoQuest Technologies, Inc., provider of the industry's first and only
unified business solution that audits, monitors, analyzes and troubleshoots
digital video from a multi dimensional perspective, has been serving
customers in the telephony, cable, broadcast and network equipment
industries since 2001. The company's comprehensive, multi dimensional video
quality management systems enable Revenue Assurance™ through the
seamless delivery of digital video by reducing video defects and
operational expenses, improving ROI and increasing profits while
simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Headquartered in Mansfield,
Massachusetts, IneoQuest has sales operations in the US, European, Asia and
Latin South regions. More information is available at www.IneoQuest.com.