Verimatrix Content Security Strengthens Comverse's IPTV Solution
STA of Andorra Benefits From Cost-Effective and Easy VCAS for IPTV Deployment for Triple Play Services
| Source: Verimatrix
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - April 14, 2008) - NAB2008 -- Verimatrix, setting the standard in
content security technologies that enhance the value of pay-TV networks,
today announced that it has integrated the Verimatrix Video Content
Authority System (VCAS™) for IPTV
into the Comverse IPTV solution. Andorran Telecommunications Service (STA)
is the first operator to deploy the fully integrated Verimatrix-Comverse
IPTV solution to expand its triple play services offering into television.
STA, provider of fixed, mobile, data and value-added telecommunication
services in the Principality of Andorra, will be delivering live broadcast
and on-demand IPTV over its new fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. Comverse,
the world's leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based
multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, is an OEM partner
for Verimatrix's content security solutions and the system integrator for
the STA project.
"Vermatrix's leadership in IPTV content protection made them an obvious
choice for our platform," said Benny Einhorn, president of Comverse EMEA.
"They understand the security requirements in the global market and have
experience with all types of network configurations. STA is a great
example of how easily and cost-effectively VCAS met all of their needs."
VCAS for IPTV leverages the two-way IP infrastructure in STA's network by
providing a more sophisticated level of content security than traditional
smartcard-based systems. Cryptographic and e-commerce technologies proven
on the Internet, including PKI and X.509 certificates, enable VCAS to
secure content and enhance revenue streams, while successfully combating
digital piracy wherever it may occur within the distribution chain.
"STA is a prestigious customer win in the region because it illustrates our
flexibility of deployment and showcases our strong partner ecosystem
with Comverse," said Robert Payne, VP of EMEA. "Our customers and partners
are realizing that our content security solutions are key to enabling new
business delivery models."
About Comverse
Comverse is the world's leading provider of software and systems enabling
network-based messaging and content value-added services, prepaid, postpaid
and converged billing and IP communications. Comverse solutions generate
revenues, strengthen customer loyalty and improve operational efficiency
for over 500 communication service providers in more than 130 countries.
The company's Total Communication(SM) portfolio facilitates personalized
lifestyles in an evolving connected world and is based on the InSight™
Open Services Environment. Comverse's solutions support flexible deployment
models, including in-network, hosted and managed services, and can run on
circuit-switched, VoIP, IMS and converged network environments. Comverse is
a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS : CMVT ). For more
information, visit www.comverse.com
About STA
The Andorran Telecommunications Service (STA) is constituted as a public
law entity, with its own legal personality and autonomous organization.
The STA's principal role is the management and exploitation, exclusively in
Andorran territory, of telecommunications services in general -- fixed
telephones, mobile telephones, data transmission, Internet and other
auxiliary or supplementary telecommunication services -- including matters
referring to international communications.
The STA is also responsible for managing the technical infrastructures and
national broadcasting networks for radio and television, both analogue and
digital (TDT, which has replaced the analogue service).
The STA was formed as a public company in 1975. The STA is governed and
administered by a Board of Directors with full responsibility to the
Government of Andorra for the management, direction and representation of
the service, and the management, administration and disposal of its assets
and resources. Today the STA has 240 employees.
About Verimatrix
Verimatrix sets the standard for software-based content
security and revenue
enhancement technologies in pay-TV networks, with a global customer
base of telecommunications providers. The Verimatrix Video Content
Authority System (VCAS™
) offers a suite of next-generation technologies that has been
independently audited and ranked as the global leader in IPTV content protection. VCAS was
designed for two-way and hybrid networks to protect content and enhance
revenue streams, while combating digital piracy wherever it occurs within
the distribution chain. The company's content security experts maintain
close relationships with the major studios and broadcasters to help address
the challenges facing pay-TV networks of today, and those of tomorrow.
Verimatrix customers benefit with most favorable access to premium content,
enabling the richest, most versatile viewing experience for their digital
video subscribers. For more information on why VCAS is the most widely
deployed IPTV content security system with tier one operators, please visit
www.verimatrix.com.