SLT selects UTStarcom to launch IPTV services

ALAMEDA, Calif., UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI - News) announced a multi-million dollar contract with Just In Time Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. to supply its industry-leading RollingStream(r) end-to-end Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) solution to Sri Lanka Telecom Public Ltd. (SLT), the country’s largest tier-one wireline and incumbent operator.

SLT, a provider of international and domestic voice, Internet and data services, will use the RollingStream platform to bring IPTV services to its growing customer base throughout Sri Lanka.

SLT, with more than 87 per cent market share and a wireline subscriber base of more than 1,300,000 customers, expects to grow its residential and commercial business through its increased triple play capabilities now available with this IPTV deployment.

“UTStarcom’s market position is unique in that it primarily offers ‘end-to-end’ IPTV solutions,” said Gary Schultz, president of MRG, Inc., which publishes the semi-annual IPTV Global Market Leader Report that tracks deployments in six IPTV sub-sectors in Asia, Europe, North America and the rest of the world.