A reputed telecom operator in the Middle East has just signed an agreement with Tilgin (News - Alert), a provider of customer premises equipment (CPE) solutions, for the deployment of high-definition IPTV technology.

 

As the growing triple-play market is posing a great challenge both technically and commercially, service providers are relying on advanced and dynamic solutions.

 

Founded in 1997 as i3 micro technology, Tilgin markets customer premises equipment for a converging triple-play market. This current deal was initiated by the Middle East service provider in order to expand and deliver a competitive portfolio of premium quality multimedia services to its users. The operator plans to later expand its IPTV (News - Alert) offering to it’s over 850,000 broadband subscribers.

As per the terms of this order, Tilgin will deliver its PVR-enabled High Definition Mood 400 IPTV set-top-box solution and management software as part of a leading system integrator’s end-to-end solution.

 

“The Middle East is leapfrogging several generations of technology to invest in the very latest. This order confirms Tilgin's technology leadership and puts us in a good position when this customer and other operators in the region decide for a rollout of next generation of broadband services to the mass market,” said Ola Berglund (News - Alert), CEO at Tilgin.

 

This field trial order is part of the operator’s initial IPTV deployment and IPTV technology evaluation taking place this quarter.