UNE-EPM Telecommunications Selects Orca Interactive for First IPTV Service Rollout in Colombia

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
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RA’ANANA, Israel & MEDELLIN, Columbia — Orca Interactive Ltd. (LSE:ORCA), a market pioneer in providing IPTV middleware and applications, announced today that UNE-EPM Telecommunications, a leading provider of Internet, telephony and television services in Colombia, has selected Orca’s advanced RiGHTv middleware to enable the first IPTV service rollout in Colombia. UNE-EPM Telecommunications, a division of Empressa Publica de Medellín S.A., is headquartered in Medellín, the second largest Colombian city with a population of 2.4 million, and extends its triple play offering throughout the country.

The IPTV deployment will be carried out by Union Electrica S.A., Orca’s partner and system integrator in the project, providing a seamless, end-to-end solution. UNE-EPM Telecommunications’s IPTV service is expected to be available in major cities across Colombia in the first quarter of 2008.

Drawing on its diverse expertise and high quality service, Orca Interactive is bringing forth a proven ecosystem of partners and technologies previously deployed in Europe, to provide UNE-EPM Telecommunications with a dynamic, feature-rich IPTV solution.

Orca’s highly innovative IPTV middleware platform will enable UNE-EPM Telecommunications to deliver a range of next generation interactive TV services designed to enhance subscribers’ viewing experience.

“Pioneering telecommunications across Medellín and Colombia, UNE-EPM Telecommunications is now the first to introduce innovative IPTV services in the region. Using Orca Interactive’s field-proven and commercially deployed IPTV platform together with a proven ecosystem of partners, we are poised to deliver cutting edge TV services to our subscribers,” said John Jairo Marin Lopez, VP Residential Segment, UNE-EPM Telecommunications.

“We are proud to launch IPTV in Colombia with UNE-EPM Telecommunications, bringing the unique power of Orca’s pre-integrated and proven solution in one of the first deployments of next-generation IPTV in Latin America,” commented Sefy Ariely, VP Sales and Marketing of Orca Interactive. “Whilst strengthening our foothold in this region, we are committed to helping triple play providers open new revenue streams and attract new subscribers through the introduction of interactive TV services.”