Swiss Wholesaler Netstream Deploys Agama End-to-End IPTV Monitoring

Looking to improve its managed IPTV (News - Alert) service, Swiss wholesaler Netstream has deployed Agama Technology's complete end-to-end monitoring solution.

From inside the head-end to each individual subscriber, the recently deployed solution covers the whole distribution chain, and includes Agama Analyzer H-E for detection of audio and video content conditions and for complete syntactic and semantic verification of all IPTV service layers in several points within the head-end. For both linear and on-demand video service quality monitoring of the entire set-top box population, it also consists Agama Embedded Monitoring integrated with Entone (News - Alert) Amulet G1.

The Agama Analyzer is a versatile monitoring probe providing state-of-the-art, 24/7 monitoring capabilities for IP and hybrid digital terrestrial/cable networks.

“As a solution provider of managed IPTV services, Netstream has essential SLAs to meet with their connected wholesale partners. The deployed Agama solution will support them in this, as well as keeping their service quality high and problem discovery quick and efficient,” stated Mikael Dahlgren, CEO, Agama Technologies. “We are excited about this new installation in Switzerland, and honored to become Netstream's trusted service quality assurance partner.”

The solution also consists of Agama Analyzer NET (News - Alert) for real-time monitoring after encryption in the head-end and both before and after the interconnect points between Netstream's IP core and the distribution network to the wholesale partners. Netstream acts a wholesale provider of a managed IPTV service to the telecommunications industry in Switzerland since 2006. Telecom operators are given a tailored opportunity to offer digital television services under their own brand, with the technical IPTV solution from Netstream.

In September 2010, the company announced that it has unveiled the Analyzer eQAM product, an essential unit of the IBC launch of version 3.6 of the Agama DTV Monitoring Solution. The Agama Analyzer eQAM is a tailored monitoring probe for real-time quality assurance of cable TV architectures with edge QAM locations, deployments and mixed cable/IP environments. It is capable of extending the company’s offering to cable operators.

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Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Raju’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

Edited by Jennifer Russell