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China Netcom has opted for UTStarcom’s (News - Alert) IPVS system, an IP video surveillance solution based upon the company's RollingStream IPTV technology as the basic design and deployment platform for the Safe-City project in Benxi, Liaoning Province, China.

 

The Safe-City video surveillance project in Benxi will help the Benxi Public Security Bureau to more scientifically plan the deployment of police through dynamic arrangement, comprehensive control, and precise strike capabilities and enable a more effective maintenance of the order and stability of the city.

 

"Together with UTStarcom, we are pioneering a new security infrastructure that will establish the standard for safe city designation in the region, and more importantly, deliver lasting benefits to our urban society," said Guangyu Zhang, manager, marketing department, China Netcom's (News - Alert) Benxi Branch. "UTStarcom's IPVS technology provides us with a very interactive, manageable, and re-programmable video surveillance tool in Benxi that has proven flexible in supporting our multiple network structure without sacrificing performance stability or the high performance and price ratio that we would expect."

 

UTStarcom has worked very closely with China Netcom's Benxi subsidiary to identify surveillance points and system functionality that will best support the district's security, strike, prevention, control, management and service needs.

 

UTStarcom will establish 700 surveillance points -- or cameras -- throughout Benxi in the first phase of the project and all security surveillance facilities in the urban district of Benxi will adopt the advanced, IP-based surveillance system for monitoring and safety deployment purposes.

 

"As a dedicated supplier of this Safe-City IP video surveillance system, it is critical that we deliver the level of intelligent data and security features needed by China Netcom and the Benxi Public Safety Bureau for the success of this deployment and, ultimately, the overall safety of Benxi's residents," said Robert Wu, senior vice president of China sales and marketing and GSS, UTStarcom, Inc. "This deployment will not only promote the development of IP and multimedia switching technologies in the surveillance sector, but also provide China Netcom and other telecom operators throughout the world with a new business model and a new profit source."

 

UTStarcom's RollingStream IPVS solution is based on the company's open architecture RollingStream IPTV (News - Alert) technology. The solution features the largest processing capacity and the richest surveillance functions as well as supports remote control of video images, mass storage, remote transmission, tiered management and a wide range of value-added services. It also utilizes the RollingStream server and blade storage technology to ensure the quality and operability of the video surveillance.