Telbo selects Amino to Deploy Caribbean's First Telco IPTV Service

Amino’s award-winning AmiNET125 Set-Top Box brings advanced digital offerings to customers on island of Bonaire

CAMBRIDGE, UK — Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, today announced that Telefonia Bonairiano NV (“Telbo”), the Dutch Caribbean’s telecommunications company, has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) to power “mitv”, the first IPTV service in the Caribbean island of Bonaire over ADSL2+ network. This innovative IPTV service was developed by Telbo N.V., Savant Communications N.V. and Manycast Consultancy Inc. and is considered to be the showcase model for the Telbo partner telecom companies, covering an additional 24 countries.

The AmiNET125 deployment offers Telbo the opportunity to provide subscribers an enhanced IPTV platform, which goes beyond traditional triple-play services. The AmiNET125 platform is specifically designed to help operators in emerging markets introduce IPTV services with a flexible and cost effective approach.

Telbo’s “mitv” service, an integral part of its triple play (video, voice and data) offering and a first for the Caribbean region, consists of a Basic Package of around 40 channels including HBO, Discovery and FOX. As another first in the Dutch Caribbean, Telbo will offer the Dutch Public Channels (Nederland 1, 2 and 3), which will be inserted into the headend via optical submarine cables. Telbo also offers an Extended Basic Package and packages serving specific customer needs (International, Sports, Action, unique Adult content offered on PPV and VoD and 3 premium movie oriented packages).

“We wanted to expand our basic platform and offer more value to our customers. With Amino’s proven performance in other markets similar to ours, the AmiNET125 was an obvious choice for us,” said Edsel Winklaar, Managing Director of Telbo “We hope to repeat the success of this initial deployment in other islands in the region,” he added.

The AmiNET125 combines proven hardware and software architectures with the latest processor and peripheral components, to achieve the best results in terms of reliability, performance and cost. It includes the best features from Amino’s previous standard definition products but adds USB 2.0 and a programmable multi-codec DSP capable of MPEG-2, H.264 and WMV9. With a System-On-Chip (SOC) solution, the AmiNET125 combines a powerful CPU and advanced, programmable DSP in a cost effective single package, which can be field-upgraded to support the addition of new services and codecs, helping increase average revenue per user (ARPU).

“Our long-standing relationship with Power and Telephone, combined with the cost-effective, cutting-edge features of the AmiNET125, has allowed Amino to bring advanced IPTV services to new markets,” noted Sandra Conejos, Director of Sales – East Coast & Latin America for Amino. “This is a significant deployment for us as we continue to create new opportunities for customers in developing regions, allowing them to experience the freedom and flexibility offered by IPTV technology.”

The AmiNET125 won the prestigious CSI Product of the Year 2007 Award in the category “Best IPTV technology”. The CSI award was the third international accolade given to Amino’s multi-codec range of STBs in the last 2 years.