Enea & Kontron Launch IPTV Experience Initiative

Global Effort Unites Leading Telecom Software, Hardware and Semiconductor

Organizations to Remove Barriers to IPTV Quality

Enea booth #1026 Kontron booth # 3937

    CHICAGO, NXTcomm Conference, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Enea (Nordic
 Exchange/ ENEA), a world leading provider of network software and
 services, and Kontron, a leading developer of standard-based, custom
 embedded and mobile rugged solutions, together today announced the IPTV
 Experience, a global, broad-based industry initiative created to address
 the major design, technology and business challenges impeding widespread
 adoption of IPTV. Kicking off this initiative, Enea and Kontron will host
 during NXTcomm a number of activities including a panel discussion
 moderated by Steven Hawley from the at Multimedia Research Group (MRG).
 Participating companies in this panel include Intel Corp and RADVISION.
     "Our recent research estimates that there will be 63.6 million IPTV
 subscribers by 2011, and they will demand the highest Quality of Experience
 in order to remain loyal," said Steve Hawley, senior IPTV analyst at MRG.
 "Industry initiatives like IPTV Experience provide a unified and systemic
 view of the complex IPTV ecosystem, helping to ensure the highest-quality
 implementations to support subscriber demands."
     The IPTV Experience initiative provides guidance, information and best-
 practices for overcoming the major challenges in IPTV delivery:
     -- High Network Processing Capability -- Network processing performance is
        crucial in relieving I/O bottlenecks and managing concurrent data
        streams efficiently for IPTV. Multi-core processing technology allows
        network equipment designers to add required performance headroom.
     -- Proven Standardized Platforms -- Commercial off-the-shelf solutions
        allow developers to leverage advanced technology, while remaining
        focused on core competencies. Open-standards-based platforms enable
        IPTV interoperability allowing service providers to customize and
        create value-added services.
     -- Manageability -- The ability to manage the network, perform upgrades,
        service existing equipment and avoid IPTV downtime is more important
        than ever. With increasing subscriber demands, service providers demand
        network visibility and management at the blade, module and system
        levels.
     -- Scalability -- To prepare and build a system for change, it is
        important for service providers to implement technology that is
        flexible, scalable and easy to upgrade. The need to support emerging
        technology and provide increased performance, places greater emphasis
        on hardware adaptability in network deployments.
     -- High Reliability and Availability -- In an "always on" environment,
        IPTV systems must be extremely available and reliable. Network element
        and application failure negatively impact the QoE.  With on-demand
        content, it is essential that a high availability framework be
        implemented that supports controlled and managed failover.
     -- Interactivity -- With the emerging ability to support High Definition
        resolutions on decoders, and System-on-Chip integrated decoders,
        introduction of full interactive video services based on IPTV and IP
        set-top-box models that go beyond Video on Demand and Electronic
        Program Guide are becoming a reality.  Live interaction between people
        becomes a springboard for an entirely new paradigm of communication.
     -- Fast Time to Market -- Widespread adoption of IPTV requires network
        equipment manufacturers to adopt a standards driven, commercial COTS
        approach  to accelerate development cycles and continue to meet
        demands.
     Because consumers have come to expect a high level of quality through
 traditional television viewing, the single most important barrier to
 widespread adoption of IPTV is Quality of Service and maximum QoE. In order
 to deliver the highest quality IPTV experience to the consumer mainstream
 faster, technology vendors, equipment manufacturers and service providers
 must work together to create optimized IPTV solutions that provide superior
 QoE. The IPTV Experience initiative unites leading technologies and
 industry expertise to drive IPTV best practices and standards. For more
 information about the IPTV Experience initiative, please visit
 www.iptvexperience.com.
     About Enea
     Enea (Nordic Exchange/Small Cap/ENEA) is the leading supplier of
 real-time operating systems, middleware, development tools, database
 technology and professional services for high-availability systems such as
 telecommunications infrastructure, mobile devices, medical instrumentation,
 and automobile control/infotainment. Enea's flagship operating system,
 OSE(TM), is deployed in approximately half of the world's 3G mobile phones
 and base stations. Enea has over 500 employees and is listed on the OMX
 Nordic Exchange Stockholm. For further information on Enea, please visit
 http://www.enea.com.
     About Kontron
     Kontron designs and manufactures standard-based and custom embedded and
 mobile rugged solutions for OEMs, systems integrators, and application
 providers in a variety of markets. Kontron engineering and manufacturing
 facilities, located throughout Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific,
 work together with streamlined global sales and support services to help
 customers reduce their time-to-market and gain a competitive advantage.
 Kontron's diverse product portfolio includes: Computer-on-Modules,
 SBCs/blades, open- modular platforms and systems, HMIs, mobile rugged
 workstations, and custom capabilities. Kontron is a Premier member of the
 Intel(R) Communications Alliance and was awarded 2006 Intel Member of the
 Year. The company is a recent three-time VDC Platinum vendor for Embedded
 Computer Boards. Kontron is listed on the German TecDAX stock exchange
 under the symbol "KBC". For more information, please visit:
 http://www.kontron.com.
     About IPTV Experience
     The IPTV Experience is a broad-based industry initiative aimed at
 bringing high quality IPTV to the consumer mainstream faster. The global
 effort brings together leading companies from the software, hardware and
 semiconductor industries, each with a specific solution to one or several
 of the major roadblocks impeding the mass adoption of IPTV. As an alliance,
 member companies bring a systemic view with an emphasis on off-the-shelf,
 rapidly deployable solutions to accelerate the roll out of this important
 new medium.
     The IPTV Experience provides a low-risk, world-tested, high
 performance, carrier class platform on which to build robust IPTV network
 elements--from media servers to the last mile. For more information, visit
 iptvexperience.com.
     OSE is a registered trademark of Enea AB or its subsidiaries. All other
 company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of
 their respective owners. (C) 2007 Enea.
     Enea Press Contacts:
 
     North America:
     Tom Hayes
     Enea
     Vice President of Corporate Marketing
     Phone: + 1 (480) 753-9200
     Email: tom.hayes@enea.com
 
     Heidi Rosenberg
     Nadel Phelan PR
     Account Manager
     Phone: + 1 (831) 440-2405
     Email: heidi@nadelphelan.com
 
     Europe:
     Mathias Bath
     Enea
     Vice President, Sales Performance Optimization
     Phone: +46 8 50714580
     Email: mathias.bath@enea.com
 
     Benedicte Bissey
     Enea
     Marketing Communications Manager, Europe
     Phone: +33 1 69 18 14 47, mobile phone: +33 6 88 05 96 48
     Email: benedicte.bissey@enea.com
 
     Asia Pacific:
     Marcus Hjortsberg
     Enea
     Vice President of Software Sales Asia
     Phone: +86 21 6334 3406
     Email: marcus.hjortsberg@enea.com
 
     Kontron Press Contacts:
 
     North America:
     Richard Pugnier
     Kontron
     Manager, Marketing Communications
     Phone: + (858) 623-3006
     Email: richard.pugnier@us.kontron.com
 
     Peter Matz
     Kontron
     Product Marketing Manager, Open Modular Solutions
     Phone: +450.437.5682 ext. 2415
     Email: peter.matz@ca.kontron.com
 
     EMEA & Asia Pacific
     Claudia Bestler
     Kontron AG
     Marketing Manager
     Phone: +49.8341.803.427
     Email: claudia.bestler@kontron.com
 
 

SOURCE Enea