Nortel to help Telus migrate to IPTV network

Telus [1] has engaged Nortel [2] to assure it continuously has the appropriate equipment and infrastructure for the latest IP services as they emerge.

Telus has developed a marketing thrust it is calling the Future Friendly Home, aimed at continuously introducing new IP-based services. Nortel will be responsible for integrating an open, standards-based IPTV network.

Nortel anchors a group of technology companies who together can provide the elements of an end-to-end IPTV solution. They include: IPTV middleware from Minerva Networks [3] and Orca Interactive [4]; video-on-demand (VOD) from Kasenna [5] and BitBand [6]; content security solutions from Irdeto [7]; encoders from Harmonic [8] and Optibase [9]; a Web browser interface from Espial [10]; digital program insertion (DPI) from Terayon [11]; an emergency alert system (EAS) from Trilithic [12]; xDSL modems from Westell [13]; and set-top boxes from Amino [14].

It may or may not be a coincidence that Nortel is also the lead company integrating the new IP-based network being built by Sprint Nextel [15]. And Sprint Nextel just happens to be the company the cable industry is working with to add wireless telephony to the bundle.