Compaq India, Macmet to market digital interactive solutions

NEW DELHI: Compaq India and Macmet have announced an alliance to jointly

promote analog and digital interactive solutions across the Asia Pacific. This

partnership will address the new economy segments encompassing multimedia and

interactive TV, broadband, and Internet commerce.

Compaq India and Macmet are technology partners and Compaq products are being

used by Macmet to develop solutions for this segment. Compaq India will leverage

its reach in the target segments to deliver the solution through its enterprise

sales teams, with Macmet using its expertise on Compaq's platforms to deploy the

solution.

The partnership will market "Skundh", an interactive TV solution

comprising the head-end servers for service and network management, STB

applications and integration with mainstream broadcasting, Internet and video

servers. Skundh provides a unique blend of Internet with living room TV

entertainment.

According to Macmet Interactive Technologies managing director, Samir K

Chatterjee "Skundh is not just another set-top box with a browser to surf

the Net on TV, it is a complete entertainment solution catering to the living

room environment."

The Macmet-Compaq India partnership addresses the consumer, head-end and

network challenges encountered by the service provider. According to Chatterjee,

"Service providers do not want a box. They want a complete solution from a

provider that will address their service and deployment issues."