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MTS Selected Teleste to Equip their Nationwide Digital TV Infrastructure
TURKU, FINLAND, February 3, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
The Largest Russian Telecom Operator Enters into its Digital TV Service
Delivery Deployment with Teleste
Teleste Corporation, a leading technology and engineering service provider of
broadband video and service platforms, and Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS"), the leading
telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announced deployment of the Teleste
Luminato video headend platform and Teleste Broadcast Manager service to the MTS
nationwide digital TV headend network.
Fixed broadband network and digital services development is one of MTS's key
interests. MTS has already implemented several projects for the construction and
modernization of fixed networks in Russia and plans to convert all the networks to digital
format in 2012-2013. MTS is now further strengthening its video distribution network by
digitalising headends to enable the operator's subscribers throughout all Russian regions
to use advanced TV channel packages, additional services and high-definition content.
"This project is of major strategic importance to us, and therefore we needed a
partner we can rely on for years to come. Teleste's reliability as a company, combined
with its state-of-the-art technology and solid roadmap for the future, forms a strong
basis that we can trust. We are very pleased to have Teleste as our important partner,"
says Dmitry Bagdasaryan, the director for fixed business development, MTS OJSC
The deployment of digital TV headend solution will consist of installing dozens of
headends in 90 cities nationwide before the end of 2013.Teleste has started the equipment
deliveries already in September 2011, and continued to the end of 2011. The good
partnership is expected to continue in 2012. The core of the solution will be formed by
the Teleste Luminato video headend platform and the Teleste Broadcast Manager service
management and EPG solution. The utilized technology will provide the most compact and
flexible solution for delivering a premium-quality digital TV experience and survive long
into the future in terms of video and TV service information.
"This is a great continuation of our long and successful history in the digitalisation
of TV services in Russia. We are flattered by the trust that MTS, the largest Russian
telecom operator, has in us and proud that we have been able to fulfil their requirements
both as a corporation and as a technology partner," states Jukka Rinnevaara, President and
CEO of Teleste.
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia,
Eastern Europe and Central Asia, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as
well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions.
Including its subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2010, the Group serviced over 108.1 million
mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a
region that boasts a total population of more than 230 million. The Group's fixed
business, as of December 31, 2010, had a total of 9.9 million households passed, 1.8
million broadband Internet and 2.6 million pay-TV subscribers.
MTS has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since July 2000 and trades under
the ticker MBT. The Company's shares have been listed locally on Moscow Interbank Currency
Exchange (MICEX) since November 2003 under the symbol MTSI. In 2010, MTS' revenues reached
$11.3 billion. According to GSM Association Wireless Intelligence Information Service, MTS
ranks as the 2nd largest operator in Europe by proportionate subscriptions at the end of
2010. Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at
http://www.mtsgsm.com.
Teleste is an international technology group founded in 1954, which is specialised in
broadband video and data communication systems and services. The group is active in two
business segments, Video and Broadband Solutions and Network Services; in both fields, we
are among the global leaders. Video is at the core of our business activities, with a
focus on the processing, transmission and management of video and data for operators and
public authorities who provide multiple video-related information, entertainment and
security services to end-users. Video and Broadband Solutions business segment has the
emphasis on product solutions for broadband access networks, video service platforms and
video surveillance applications. Network Services segment deliver comprehensive network
service solutions including new construction, rebuilding, upgrading, planning and
maintenance services of cable networks. In 2011 the group's net sales totalled EUR 184
million and the group employed 1319 persons at the year-end. The company has approximately
30 offices world-wide and over 90% of Teleste's net sales are generated outside Finland.
The company is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. http://www.teleste.com for more
information.
More information:
Valeria Kouzmenko
Press secretary, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS")
Tel +7(495)912-32-20
Mobile +7(916)978-02-10
pr@mts.ru
Jukka Rinnevaara,
President and CEO, Teleste Corporation
Tel +358-2-2605611
Mobile +358-400-747488
jukka.rinnevaara@teleste.com
Source: Teleste
MTS Selected Teleste to Equip their Nationwide Digital TV Infrastructure
TURKU, FINLAND, February 3, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
The Largest Russian Telecom Operator Enters into its Digital TV Service
Delivery Deployment with Teleste
Teleste Corporation, a leading technology and engineering service provider of
broadband video and service platforms, and Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS"), the leading
telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announced deployment of the Teleste
Luminato video headend platform and Teleste Broadcast Manager service to the MTS
nationwide digital TV headend network.
Fixed broadband network and digital services development is one of MTS's key
interests. MTS has already implemented several projects for the construction and
modernization of fixed networks in Russia and plans to convert all the networks to digital
format in 2012-2013. MTS is now further strengthening its video distribution network by
digitalising headends to enable the operator's subscribers throughout all Russian regions
to use advanced TV channel packages, additional services and high-definition content.
"This project is of major strategic importance to us, and therefore we needed a
partner we can rely on for years to come. Teleste's reliability as a company, combined
with its state-of-the-art technology and solid roadmap for the future, forms a strong
basis that we can trust. We are very pleased to have Teleste as our important partner,"
says Dmitry Bagdasaryan, the director for fixed business development, MTS OJSC
The deployment of digital TV headend solution will consist of installing dozens of
headends in 90 cities nationwide before the end of 2013.Teleste has started the equipment
deliveries already in September 2011, and continued to the end of 2011. The good
partnership is expected to continue in 2012. The core of the solution will be formed by
the Teleste Luminato video headend platform and the Teleste Broadcast Manager service
management and EPG solution. The utilized technology will provide the most compact and
flexible solution for delivering a premium-quality digital TV experience and survive long
into the future in terms of video and TV service information.
"This is a great continuation of our long and successful history in the digitalisation
of TV services in Russia. We are flattered by the trust that MTS, the largest Russian
telecom operator, has in us and proud that we have been able to fulfil their requirements
both as a corporation and as a technology partner," states Jukka Rinnevaara, President and
CEO of Teleste.
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia,
Eastern Europe and Central Asia, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as
well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions.
Including its subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2010, the Group serviced over 108.1 million
mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a
region that boasts a total population of more than 230 million. The Group's fixed
business, as of December 31, 2010, had a total of 9.9 million households passed, 1.8
million broadband Internet and 2.6 million pay-TV subscribers.
MTS has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since July 2000 and trades under
the ticker MBT. The Company's shares have been listed locally on Moscow Interbank Currency
Exchange (MICEX) since November 2003 under the symbol MTSI. In 2010, MTS' revenues reached
$11.3 billion. According to GSM Association Wireless Intelligence Information Service, MTS
ranks as the 2nd largest operator in Europe by proportionate subscriptions at the end of
2010. Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at
http://www.mtsgsm.com.
Teleste is an international technology group founded in 1954, which is specialised in
broadband video and data communication systems and services. The group is active in two
business segments, Video and Broadband Solutions and Network Services; in both fields, we
are among the global leaders. Video is at the core of our business activities, with a
focus on the processing, transmission and management of video and data for operators and
public authorities who provide multiple video-related information, entertainment and
security services to end-users. Video and Broadband Solutions business segment has the
emphasis on product solutions for broadband access networks, video service platforms and
video surveillance applications. Network Services segment deliver comprehensive network
service solutions including new construction, rebuilding, upgrading, planning and
maintenance services of cable networks. In 2011 the group's net sales totalled EUR 184
million and the group employed 1319 persons at the year-end. The company has approximately
30 offices world-wide and over 90% of Teleste's net sales are generated outside Finland.
The company is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. http://www.teleste.com for more
information.
More information:
Valeria Kouzmenko
Press secretary, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS")
Tel +7(495)912-32-20
Mobile +7(916)978-02-10
pr@mts.ru
Jukka Rinnevaara,
President and CEO, Teleste Corporation
Tel +358-2-2605611
Mobile +358-400-747488
jukka.rinnevaara@teleste.com
Source: Teleste