Ericsson and Cisco have reached an agreement with Aster in Dominican Republic.
Aster’s TV proposition and cable network in the Dominican Republic could be transformed through the deployment of the Ericsson and Cisco innovative technology, it was announced yesterday, Monday 22 February 2016.
Aster is a challenger for a greater share of the Dominican Republic’s cable TV market, focused on delivering innovative TV and Internet services to its subscribers.
Ericsson will act as prime integrator to bring together its suite of media solutions, including the Mediaroom TV platform and the AVP4000 video processing encoder, with broadband access provided by the cBR-8 and Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial (HFC) solutions from Cisco.
Cisco’s offerings bring full Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.1 capabilities and 10 times the speed and capacity of any existing product; the cBR-8 cost-effectively scales from today’s 1Gbps speeds to 10Gbps by eliminating the need for multiple system rewiring.
The company says that the overall solution Ericsson will be providing significantly enhances the next phase of TV experiences and supports seamless delivery of video, while making it easy to migrate to IP-cable video experiences for time-shifting and other services.
Juan Ramon Gomez Diaz, owner of Aster and the Telemicro group, says: “Having the world’s best technology is a key element of our group success. As we revamp our Aster cable TV offerings we wanted the best partners with end-to-end solutions, including technology and services expertise. The Ericsson-Cisco partnership came right on time, as we set Aster to be the leading cable operator in our market.”
Clayton Cruz, Vice President Region Latin America and Caribbean, Ericsson, says: “Ericsson’s media expertise and services strength is unparalleled in the industry. The addition of our recently announced partnership with Cisco, which includes its converged cable access platform, is one example of how our partnership is producing tangible benefits for our customers.”
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