ECI Telecom Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Commitment to IPTV Market

Company leads with development of a ‘future-proof’ access solution

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Based on its recent analysis of the Internet Protocol television (IPTV) access infrastructure market, Frost & Sullivan recognized ECI Telecom with the 2008 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation. ECI has won this accolade for its Hi-FOCuS(TM) Multiservice Access Node (MSAN), which is deployed in leading IPTV carrier networks. The award was presented to ECI at the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Excellence in Information & Communication Technologies Awards Banquet in San Antonio on January 22nd.

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ECI Telecom is a strong contender in the IPTV access market, especially in the regions of Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). It has gained traction in the multiservice access platform (MSAP) segment with the Hi-FOCuS, a key element in its 1Net business framework.

“The TR-101-compliant, Hi-FOCuS MSAN has hierarchically distributed MSAN architecture and enables Ethernet and IP traffic handling by bridging and routing engines,” says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Prayerna Raina. “The Hi-FOCuS is among the handful of MSAN platforms on the market and the leading MSAN in IPTV Access supporting any mix of ADSL2+, VDSL2, SHDSL, NG-Voice emulation and simulation, as well as GPON and Ethernet fiber access. This is also ECI’s 1Net proposition of smooth migration to NGN, while supporting legacy services and guaranteeing future services and solutions.”

What sets ECI apart from its competitors is its dedication to future-proofing its access offering, not simply in terms of capacity and features but also in supporting the move to IP multimedia subsystem (IMS). While IMS networks are gradually merging with next-generation networks (NGN) in the metro and core, ECI Telecom has proactively enabled features in its MSAN that will provide the required support for delivering innovative services. So far, ECI has implemented this initiative on two levels: 1) incorporating policy enforcement point; and 2) deploying public switched telephone network (PSTN) emulation as well as PSTN simulation over Hi-FOCuS MSAN. Additionally, further initiatives are on the way.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has exhibited the ability to develop and/or advance products with more innovative capabilities than competing vendors and products. This Award recognizes the company’s successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a part of its well-designed product family. Such innovation is expected to significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product performance and degree/rate of technical change.

Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.

About ECI Telecom

ECI Telecom Ltd. delivers innovative communications platforms to carriers and service providers worldwide. ECI provides efficient platforms and solutions that enable customers to rapidly deploy cost-effective, revenue-generating services.

Founded in 1961, Israel-based ECI has consistently delivered customer-focused networking solutions to the world’s largest carriers. The Company is also a market leader in many emerging markets. ECI provides scalable broadband access, transport and data networking infrastructure that provides the foundation for the communications of tomorrow, including next-generation voice, IPTV, mobility and other business solutions. For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.

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