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  • China Netcom selects Redback Networks to deliver IPTV network

    MUMBAI: California-headquartered broadband systems vendor Redback Networks has been selected by China Netcom’s Heilongjiang Communications Corporation to supply its SmartEdge 800 Service Gateways for a converged platform being deployed to deliver broadband access and services, including IPTV and video on demand.

    Heilongjiang Communications Corporation selected the Redback SmartEdge platform to build a dependable, next generation Smart Broadband Network capable of delivering new era broadband services such as IPTV and Video on Demand as well as advanced business services such as Virtual Private Networks over MPLS, states an official release.

    The SmartEdge Service Gateways’ comprehensive Quality of Service (QoS) features and multicast support enable Heilongjiang Communications Corporation to provide next generation broadband IP services without having to create multiple overlay networks on top of their broadband access infrastructure.

    “Redback is pleased to help Heilongjiang Communications Corporation with the delivery of advanced broadband services. Heilongjiang Communications Corporation, together with Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and Inner Mongolia is now the fifth major China Netcom subsidiary utilizing Redback equipment to build their broadband IP infrastructures,” Redback’s V-P of sales and operations for the Asia and Pacific region Simon Williams said in the release. “In choosing the SmartEdge Service Gateway platform, Heilongjiang is performing several Service Edge functions such as Ethernet Aggregation, Subscriber Management and Edge Routing from a single network node. Similarly, all business and consumer broadband services can be offered over a single converged broadband IP infrastructure without the need to create expensive service delivery overlay networks.”

    “Heilongjiang Communications Corporation is a leading and advanced IPTV deployment,” Redback Networks chief marketing officer Marco Wanders said. “The SmartEdge Service Gateway platform is providing the service delivery and subscriber management functions that Heilongjiang requires while at the same time its’ high-density Gigabit Ethernet scalability enables their DSLAM’s to connect directly to the SmartEdge Service Gateway without the need for a separate Ethernet Aggregation layer.”

    The Redback SmartEdge Service Gateway platform delivers the strength of Redback’s advanced subscriber management capabilities with the SmartEdge platform’s purpose-built hardware and software to provide subscriber management with dynamic policy enforcement, carrier-class IP routing, Ethernet Aggregation, ATM mediation, MPLS VPNs, multicast and advanced video capabilities and high performance Quality of Service (QoS), the releae adds.

    Redback is working through one of its’ global partners to implement the solution at Heilongjiang Communications Corporation.

  • Channel [V] selects its ‘Super Singer’

    Channel [V] selects its ‘Super Singer’

    MUMBAI: Channel [V]’s talent hunt Super Singer reached its climax with Ravindra Upadhyay being crowned in Mumbai.

     

    Upadhyay, a lawyer from Jaipur, was one of the five finalists who performed for the final muqabla in front of the jury comprising Adnan Sami, A R Rahman, Himesh Reshammiya and the who’s who from the music industry.
     

    In an effort to showcase the depth of their talent, each of the five finalists performed one cover version and one original track, which had been specially composed for them by leading music directors and lyricists like Sandeep Chowta, Palash Sen, Pritam, Medival Punditz and Abbas Tyrewala, informs an official communiqué.

     

    As the winner of this super quest, Upadhyay will walk with one music album deal with Times music. The first album would comprise four songs by the winner and the remaining by each of the four finalists.

     

    The second album will be exclusively by the Super Singer, a music video, an opportunity to sing playback for Reshammiya in a Bollywood blockbuster and will also get a three-year contract with Channel [V].

    Announcing the Super Singer, Sami said, “To find the country’s Super Singer from a pool of thousands of equally talented youngsters was a very difficult task. The talent in this country is inexhaustible! I believe, Ravindra has the inherent talent to create and deliver music that will appeal to a wide range of audiences. His grasp of music is tremendous and he will definitely be a voice to reckon with! I’d like to say a big thank you to all the viewers for having participated. Your inputs have definitely helped me in the final decision making.”

     

    Adjudged as the Super Singer after a nationwide search for the country’s best singing talent, Upadhyay along with the other four finalists underwent rigorous training over the past two months. The media release adds that the finalists were trained for the final muqabla in music, vocals and grooming, by the some best in the industry like Bhavdeep Jaipurwale, Dr. Rama Vaidyanathan, and Pallavi Walia Raj.

     

    Commenting on the exhaustive selection process, Channel [V] head honcho Amar K Deb added, “With Samsung [V] Super Singer we have yet again created a stage for the youth to showcase their talent and had viewers across the country share every emotion that the contestants went through.”

     

    He further adds, “Another unique aspect of this quest is, unlike other hunts where the winner takes it all, in Samsung [v] Super Singer, the remaining four finalists also got a once in a lifetime opportunity to interact with leading music directors of the industry and record an original track specially composed for them for the album. Now you see… the winner doesn’t always take it all!”