New Zealand's SP picks Alcatel-Lucent platform

MUMBAI, INDIA: Alcatel-Lucent today announced that it has been chosen by Orcon,  a calling and Internet services service provider in New Zealand, to improve the delivery and experience of Internet-based video to its customers.

Alcatel-Lucent would deploy its Velocix Digital Media Delivery Platform in key centers across New Zealand, allowing Orcon to offer broadcasters, content distributors and web-site owners a faster and more efficient connection to broadband users across multiple networks and devices including PCs, mobiles and TVs.

The Velocix platform is a key element of Alcatel-Lucent’s High Leverage Network architecture - a fully converged, scalable, next generation, all-IP multiservice infrastructure that enables operators to deliver traffic more reliably, efficiently and at the lowest cost, while also leveraging the network to generate revenue from sophisticated managed services and applications.

The Velocix platform would enable Orcon to cost-effectively meet the fast-growing demand for online video, as well as to open up new revenue opportunities, said a press release.

“As video-on-demand and streaming TV web sites grow in popularity, the amount of online video watched by broadband users is growing at an incredible rate,” said Charlie Boyd, head of Wholesale at Orcon.

He added that by leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix infrastructure, they could offer content providers a local content delivery network (CDN) solution that meets specific requirements, with the assurance of knowing its technology and services are proven by telcos and broadcasters around the world.

Jyoti Mahurkar-Thombre, head of Alcatel-Lucent’s New Zealand operations further added, “We are witnessing an explosion in data traffic over both fixed and mobile networks. As New Zealand moves towards a fibre-based ultra-fast broadband future, that exponential growth in online video will only continue.”