Executive Summary

The report tracks why and how SI services for IP TV have undergone significant growth since 2003 based on profiles of Alcatel, Motorola, Thales, UTStarcom, Lucent, Myrio, Kasenna, ECI and many others. The profiles include a wide variety of integration and professional services that supplement each SI company's own product and service offerings. In general, SI companies have developed a variety of end-to-end services that match the size of the service provider, as a means to shorten the time-to-market. Yet, one of the biggest challenges for SI providers to solve is to integrate competitors' products into their end-to-end solutions, while correctly assuming or allocating responsibility for each company's piece of the Service Level Agreement (SLA).

Large companies have identified IP TV System Integration as a major business opportunity, first as a way of increasing the sale of their hardware and software products, and second as a significant source of revenue. Other examples of new SI services include advanced systems design, pre-integration, in-plant SLA verification, and personnel training and/or operations management. Besides rapid service deployment, the new SI services allow for faster customer service, earlier attention to marketing issues and more rapid achievement of high quality-of-service levels.

IPTV System Integration Deployments (Sample)

Service Provider	Locations	Services
Wood County Telephone	Wisconsin, USA	Multichannel broadcast
Ringgold Telephone	Georgia, USA	Multichannel broadcast
Horizon Chillicothe Telephone	Ohio, USA	Multichannel broadcast
TCT West	Wyoming, USA	Multichannel broadcast
Washington Rural Telephone	Indiana, USA	Multichannel broadcast
Northeast Pennsylvania Telephone	Pennsylvania, USA	Multichannel broadcast

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Executive Summary

2 IP TV Network Architecture
  2.1 Access Network
  2.2 Video Network
  2.3 Middleware and Backend Software

3 Opportunities in IP TV Networks
  3.1 Access Network
  3.2 Video Network
  3.3 Middleware and Backend Software
  3.4 End to End Network Integration
  3.5 Content
  3.6 System Integration and Professional Services
      3.6.1 Pre-Integration Testing
      3.6.2 Project Management
      3.6.3 Customization
      3.6.4 Network Staging
      3.6.5 Network Deployment
      3.6.6 Network Operations

4 Services Strategies
  4.1 Access System Companies
  4.2 Video Network Companies
  4.3 Middleware and Backend Software Companies
  4.4 System Integration Companies
  4.5 Benefits to the Service Provider

5 Opportunities, Risks, and Recommendations
  5.1 Opportunities
  5.2 Risks
  5.3 Recommendations

6 Developer's Activity
      Total 18 Developers
 

Table of Figures

Figure 6-1: Lucent's System Integration Methodology
Figure 6-2: SmartVision TV Architecture

Table of Tables

Table 6-1: System Integration and Professional Services Profiles
Table 6-2: Alcatel Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-3: Alcatel IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-4: Alcatel IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-5: Bitband's IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-6: Bitband's IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-7: Calix IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-8: Dascom System IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-9: ECI Telecom's Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-10: ECI Telecom's IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-11: ECI Telecom's IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-12: Kasenna IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-13: Kasenna IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-14: Lucent Technologies Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-15: Lucent Technologies IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-16: Motorola, Inc. Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-17: Motorola, Inc. IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-18: Motorola, Inc. IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-19: mPhase Technologies Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-20: mPhase Technologies IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-21: Myrio Corporation IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-22: Myrio Corporation IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-23: Nortel Networks Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-24: Nortel Networks IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-25: Occam Networks' Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-26: Occam Networks' IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-27: Occam Networks' IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-28: Paradyne Networks Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-29: Paradyne Networks IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-30: Paradyne Networks IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-31: Tellabs Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-32: Tellabs IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-33: Thales Group Fiscal 2003 Financial Results
Table 6-34: Thales Group IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-35: Thales Group IP TV System Integration Deployments
Table 6-36: Tut Systems Fiscal 2003 Financial Results
Table 6-37: Tut Systems IP TV Product Offerings
Table 6-38: UTStarcom's Fiscal 2004 Financial Results
Table 6-39: UTStarcom's IP TV Product Offerings

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