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October 2002 - Nokia
and Orca Interactive Ltd, a provider of interactive
television (iTV) applications that allow service delivery
to multiple consumer devices, have signed a cooperative
marketing agreement to enable the delivery of high-bandwidth
video and TV type of services over DSL-based networks.
The two companies have also completed integration of
their respective product sets.
Delivery
of the integrated solution to a fixed network operator
in Taiwan is currently underway and will be used for
its media on demand (MoD) service to be launched this
year.
The
agreement covers cooperative marketing of each other's
products in broadband customer cases, as well as integration
of Orca software with Nokia access and edge products,
ensuring the compatibility and interoperability of Orca
software applications and Nokia broadband products.
The agreement will also ensure that Orca's multi-device
and multi-network delivery modes, in this case over
ADSL and VDSL, are supported by the broadband network
equipment.
"Over
the last few months we have been working very closely
with Orca to create systems that can deliver full streamed
video and TV-type content simply and at a reasonable
cost," says Mr. Ari Lehtoranta, Vice President, Broadband
Systems, Nokia Networks. "The Orca software has already
been successfully integrated into the Nokia broadband
products. This is a step forward toward our goal to
create a reliable, cost-efficient, end-to-end system
for delivering high-capacity video services and moving
ahead to convergent services."
"We
are extremely excited to be working with Nokia on the
solutions for broadband video content delivery over
fixed broadband networks," says Mr. Haggei Barel, CEO,
Orca Interactive Ltd. "Nokia's network solutions expertise
combined with Orca's software innovations will enable
operators to realize the full potential of broadband
networks with a reliable, robust video delivery system.
Nokia and Orca Interactive have both gained valuable
insight into the practical application of video delivery
during their involvement our media on demand (MoD) project
in Taiwan."
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