Chinese based firm wins a Sri Lanka Telecom contract

UTStarcom wins a SLT contract

Chinese based UTStarcom Holding Corp. has won a contract to supply set-top boxes for Sri Lanka Telecom’s IPTV system expansion.

“This contract is our second big win in the Sri Lankan market in the last eight months,” UTStarcom’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Jack Lu, was quoted saying in a media release issued from the firm’s Beijing office.

The company says its set-top boxes, which are part of the firm’s RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution, will enable SLT to provide a number of interactive media services, including Live HDTV, Time Shift TV and Video-on-Demand, to its customers.

UTStarcom Holding Corp, a NASDAQ listed firm is already providing IPTV solutions to SLT since the year 2008.

The Chinese based firm is engaged in providing interactive, IP-based network solutions in iDTV, IPTV, Internet TV and broadband for cable and telecom operators.