Amino secures set-top box contract with Romtelecom

Amino Technologies plc (AIM: AMO.L), the world leading independent IPTV specialist, has secured a new contract to provide set-top boxes (STB) to Romtelecom, one of the most important telecom operators in Romania and leader in the fixed communications market.

Deployment of IPTV services – under the Dolce Interactiv brand – is already underway in ten cities in Romania, including the capital Bucharest, Romtelecom offering the largest coverage for this entertainment technology in Romania. The company delivers a wide range of IPTV services, including broadcast content, personal video recording (PVR) functionality and Video-on-Demand (VoD).

Amino will provide Romtelecom with Mood400 single stream personal video recording (PVR) STBs, which deliver a range of advanced functionality including advanced PVR, VoD, in-home media sharing, instant messaging (IM), and other TV-centric entertainment, communication and information applications.

Amino Communications CEO Andrew Burke said: “Romtelecom has a clear focus on developing the breadth and depth of its offering with IPTV, the latest addition to its service portfolio. The Mood STB is an ideal choice – providing a future proof means of deploying advanced services and applications that will delight customers.

“This new contract further underlines the strength of our market leading position in the provision of IPTV solutions in Eastern Europe and we look forward to partnering Romtelecom in their service rollout.”

Joerg Zeddies, Chief Commercial Officer, Residential Segment, Romtelecom stated: “By adding to our portfolio IPTV technology through Dolce Interactiv, we made a step further toward our commitment to offer quality entertainment to our customers. Dolce Interactiv is a new experience which allows customers to interact more with the TV service, to personalize it and with the STBs provided by Amino they will be able to have access to the full range of IPTV features.”