QoS Deployments (30): Orcon [New Zealand] Uses Velocix [ALU] to Improve Video QoE

   

Alcatel Lucent announced that "it has been chosen by Orcon, the fastest growing service provider in New Zealand, to improve the delivery and experience of Internet-based video to its customers"

See "New Zealand’s Orcon selects Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix platform to deliver high-quality online video" - here.

Orcon was the first NZ telco to unbundle the local loop and is the fastest growing telco in NZ

"Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its next-generation Velocix Digital Media Delivery Platform in key centres across New Zealand, allowing Orcon to offer broadcasters, content distributors and web-site owners a faster and more efficient connection to broadband users across multiple networks and devices including PCs, mobiles and TVs. The Velocix platform will enable Orcon to cost-effectively meet the fast-growing demand for online video, as well as to open up new revenue opportunities."

Charlie Boyd, Head of Wholesale at Orcon said - “As video-on-demand and streaming TV web sites grow in popularity, the amount of online video watched by broadband users is growing at an incredible rate .. By leveraging Alcatel-Lucent’s Velocix infrastructure, we can offer content providers a local content delivery network (CDN) solution that meets their specific requirements"

See "Alcatel-Lucent Adds Bluecoat's Over-the-Top Caching to its Velocix CDN Solution" - here