Cache Deployments [330]: CallPlus Brands [New Zealand] Uses Qwilt

Qwilt, announced it will ".. power the online video traffic delivered by leading New Zealand telcos Slingshot and Orcon. Qwilt’s Video Fabric Controller will be used by Slingshot and Orcon, both owned by New Zealand fixed line, voice, mobile and internet company, CallPlus, to cache and deliver online video traffic from a growing number of content providers, including Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Netflix and Twitch".

Back in July 2011, Bluecoat announced "CallPlus has selected Blue Coat®CacheFlow® 5000 appliances to help manage the large and growing demand of its customers for Internet content from outside New Zealand" (here) and in September 2010 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" (here).

"CallPlus selected Qwilt for the job because other vendors were unable to meet Slingshot and Orcon’s requirements for universal caching. Upon deploying Qwilt’s open caching technology, Slingshot and Orcon saw immediate savings in international transit costs and improved quality of experience (QoE) for its subscribers, when compared to competitive caching products".

See "Qwilt Selected by Slingshot, Orcon to Cache Increasingly Popular OTT Video Content" - here.

NI Deployments [150]: Orcon [New Zealand] Uses ALU for CDN Video Quality Assurance

 
Alcatel-Lucent announced that "Orcon .. has selected the AppGlide Online Video Analytics solution from Alcatel-Lucent to examine the quality of streamed video offered by its content-delivery network (CDN) customers, using the detailed insights provided to accommodate a better service experience and increase consumer satisfaction .. [The] solution that looks at the relationship between a broad range of video data sources, combining data from video player plug-ins, quality-of-experience (QoE) agents and content-delivery network (CDN) assets to deliver a holistic view of the end-user online video experience".

See also "Orcon  Uses Velocix [ALU] to Improve Video QoE" - here and "Orange: "[video] Quality of service to the end user is our best differentiator" - here

  

See "New Zealand’s Orcon selects Alcatel-Lucent analytics solution to ensure online video quality meets consumer expectations" - here.

Carrier CDN Deployments [145]: Who is Using ALU's Velocix Solution?

 
Alcatel-Lucent presents in a recent post a number of carrier CDN deployments of its Velocix product (see also "Alcatel-Lucent Adds Bluecoat's Over-the-Top Caching to its Velocix CDN Solution" - here): 

• Verizon (US) uses our Velocix CDN to allow their FiOS TV subscribers to watch Starz, HBO, and high-definition EPIX content online, access Flex View movies-on-demand on their PCs, mobiles and tablets, watch linear FiOS TV channels on their Xbox 360, and enjoy the NFL RedZone channel on their iPads.
   
• Orcon (New Zealand) deployed our Velocix CDN to deliver the SKY online TV service “iSKY.” With iSKY, subscribers have access to an extensive library of content on their PCs - including movies, sports highlights and free catch-up viewing from a wide variety of channels (see a previous post - here).
    
• Three large cable MSOs in the US enable their subscribers to watch high-definition TV on their iPads inside the home over WiFi using our Velocix CDN. The deployments feature market-leading, per-session encryption to provide security similar to that of a set-top box.

See "Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): A Winning Strategy for Pay-TV Operators" - here.

See also "TalkTalk [UK] Uses Velocix (Alcatel-Lucent) for Content Delivery" - here.