STOCKHOLM — December 9, 2002 — Net Insight (SX: NET I B), developer of data and real-time video networking equipment, delivers 100% QoS with maximum network utilization to increase the efficiency of multiple service operators’(MSOs) networks. The Net Insight solution increases the efficiency of the network, which substantially reduces CAPEX and OPEX, making it economically viable for MSO’s to offer revenue-generating TV- and video related services.
As MSOs are rolling out services such as Video-on-Demand (VoD), MSOs and their subscribers must be confident that these services will be delivered with, at least, the same quality that is presently being delivered for normal television services. Net Insight’s 100% QoS solution is comprised of its Nimbra switching platform and a standardized broadband technology, which is designed for providing video.
The Net Insight platform and technology, combined, can increase the efficiency of a network by tenfold. This is done by setting up individual channels as needed rather than overprovisioning the network to deal with the video payload, which is required in a packet-based network. Net Insight’s QoS-based solution can maximize the utilization of a one-gigabit frame with very low signaling and framing overhead. This saves operators substantial costs in having to buy additional equipment like more expensive 10G boxes.
According to Datamonitor, overprovisioning is one of the biggest dangers for the ROI model of VoD since it drives up the CAPEX both on equipment and underlying fiber infrastructure. Net Insight’s solution offers a remedy to this problem paying close attention to costs with the ability to automatically provision individual channels. Any number of subscribers or services can be easily provisioned; maximizing the efficiency of the network with guaranteed 100% quality of service.
Video Efficiency for MSOs
Net Insight has experienced continued success in the media industry by offering reliable video transport and efficient bandwidth to companies like ABC and MSNBC. These customers chose a fiber network solution rather than costly satellite. The company is taking its broadcasting expertise and offering a solution now to the cable operators and MSOs that need to keep costs down, without sacrificing video quality.
“MSOs are quickly gaining ground with video-related services and as they begin to deploy these services and look to other services like VoIP, they need to consider the price equation very closely,” said Tomas Duffy, CEO at Net Insight. “Net Insight recognizes their CAPEX and OPEX needs and can address them now to build more efficient and profitable fiber-based networks for the future.”
For more information, please contact:
Kristina Hallberg, Corporate Communications, Net Insight AB
Phone: +46 8 685 06 06, e-mail: kristina.hallberg@netinsight.net
or
Fran Bosecker, PR@vantage,
Phone: 1-212-840-3742, e-mail: fbosecker@pr-vantageny.com
About Net Insight
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden with three sales offices in the US, Net Insight is addressing the emerging video services market by delivering multiple, value-added broadband services cost-effectively. Net Insight offers premium video quality without sacrificing bandwidth capacity to the high-end media community, and now to operators like MSOs and xDSL providers. Net Insight has several global customers like ABC, MSNBC, KPN, Qmedia and UPC. The company has worldwide partnerships with Hewlett-Packard, Allied Telesyn and Net to Net Technologies. Founded in 1997, Net Insight is quoted on the O-list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange.