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Ruckus Wireless delivers first carrier-purposed 802.11n IPTV system
Ruckus Wireless, a Wi-Fi technology specialist in the carrier and enterprise wireless LAN markets, has today announced the immediate availability of its new MediaFlex 7000 series, the first commercial 802.11n system specifically developed for operators to distribute multiple streams of high-definition (HD) IPTV content throughout a subscriber's home without costly and time-consuming cable installation.
Belgacom is among the first service providers to select the MediaFlex 7000 for its BelgacomTV service, one of the most successful IPTV services with over 390,000 subscribers throughout Belgium. The Ruckus MediaFlex 7000 beat competitive 802.11n products in a series of stringent lab and home trials conducted by Belgacom, including a test to deliver 20 hours of non-stop HD IPTV streams at 20Mbps aggregate, to six different locations throughout a simulated home environment with injected interference, without dropping a single packet.
"The IPTV market is moving quickly to high-definition service and we're helping providers get there as fast as possible by eliminating serious pain points in the installation and upgrade process," said Selina Lo, president and CEO of Ruckus Wireless.
"We are the only Wi-Fi company that has focused on the unique needs of service providers and it has paid off. Our carrier business continues to grow as providers focus on streamlining the last hundred feet of the IPTV delivery infrastructure. Extending our IPTV success with 802.11n is a natural next step and one that is greeted with great enthusiasm by providers everywhere," concluded Lo.
To date, nearly a million Ruckus MediaFlex 802.11g/a systems have been installed around the world by over 140 broadband providers including Deutsche Telekom, Telekom Austria, Swisscom, TeliaSonera, TELENOR, Fastweb, Telefonica Del Sur, PCCW, SingTel, Elion, Belgacom and many others.
Lo noted that the success of the Ruckus MediaFlex stems from its ability to help providers reduce installation times and labour costs by 50 percent or more, speed time to revenue by turning up more subscriptions per day, and provide greater flexibility and a better experience to subscribers who want to add or move televisions without being tethered by cabling.
"With high definition IPTV content, the need for a reliable distribution network in the home has never been more important," said Robin Bellière, product manager of Residential Terminals at Belgacom. "Having now deployed the Ruckus MediaFlex in tens of thousands of subscriber homes over the last two years, we have found it to be among the best performing and most reliable in-home platforms we have ever worked with. We are now extending this unique technology to new high definition IPTV services with the new 802.11n MediaFlex system."
Bellière said Belgacom is quickly moving to offer HD IPTV and needed a higher bandwidth system to support the simultaneous transmission of multiple HD streams. "With the Ruckus MediaFlex 7000, our customers can self-install the system in matter of minutes where and when they desire with the assurance of high quality. It also gives our subscribers greater flexibility while helping us to bring more users online faster at a lower overall deployment cost," said Bellière.
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