China Telecom Opens Tender for IPTV STBs
Lmtw.com, 8/05/09
China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) officially opened bidding for IPTV terminal procurement contracts on August 4. The procurements are primarily for set-top boxes meeting China Telecom's IPTV V2.0 technology standard.
The sixteen firms currently competing for the bids all offer product models that have been inspected and approved by Shanghai Telecom Research Institute. The firms are: ZTE (0763.HK; 000063.SZ), UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI), Huawei, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell (ASB), New Postcom, Sunniwell, 30Kaitian, Yuxing Infotech, Coship Electronics (002052.SZ), Changhong (600839.SH), Motorola, Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group, Shanghai DareGlobal Info Tech, Konka Group (200016.SZ, 000016.SZ), Fiberhome (600498.SH) and Thomson.
Winning bidders will become China Telecom's IPTV terminal partners, and establish individual contracts with each provincial operator according to the province's actual purchase volume. China Telecom's rules state that the top five companies will collectively receive no less than 80% of total purchasing volume.
Industry information portal "Streaming Media" has forecast that in the second half of this year China Telecom will add approximately 1 mln new IPTV users.
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