Swisscom Chooses IneoQuest Multi-Dimensional Video Quality Management System to Ensure End-to-End Video Quality

Bluewin TV Enables High Quality IP Video Delivery


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.

Contact Information: Contact: Dale Allaire BridgeView Marketing for IneoQuest (603) 766-3681 dale@bridgeviewmarketing.com