ZTE to Build World's First AVS-IPTV Commercial Network with China Netcom Group

(Business News & Technology News, 11 Dec 2007)

ZTE Corp. recently won the world's first AVS-IPTV commercial network development bid offered by the China Netcom Group Corp., a broadband communications and fixed-line telecommunications operator in China. Under the contract, ZTE will be the sole provider of IPTV network solutions for the project.

As the national audio/video coding and compression standard, AVS is a homegrown intellectual property in China that would enable local providers to save on patent fees imposed by foreign operators. China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) and CNC have been collaborating to drive the industrial implementation of AVS standard. Trial tests on the use of AVS-IPTV for commercial purposes in Dalian, China had started since November last year, establishing a solid foundation for future IPTV developments nationally and internationally.

According to the National Working Group for Intellectual Property Rights Protection in China, AVS is regarded as an important breakthrough in transforming China from a "big producer to a strong producer" in the digital audio and video industry due to the technology's unique foundation and homegrown nature.

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