Nortel Tunes in to IPTV

Only days after reaching an agreement on insurance payments in two class-action lawsuits, Nortel is leveraging its SIP-based services to develop new IPTV functionality that promises to change the way people use their TVs for both entertainment and communications.
At its IPTV lab in Ottawa, Nortel is demonstrating the delivery of IPTV services over its IMS infrastructure, the first step for enabling telcos to create personalized IPTV services across wireline and wireless networks that helps to provide long-term differentiation from competitive offerings. Demonstrated services include mobile-to-TV picture sharing, on-screen instant messaging and presence, and click-to-call functionality.
Nortel is also enhancing its integrated voice and text communications capabilities built using a new jointly developed Application Programming Interface (API) that enables the integration of real-time IPTV services with Minerva’s iTVManager software. Nortel is using this jointly developed interface as a first step to bring together Minerva’s IPTV middleware platform with Nortel’s IMS solution to make content available to users anywhere, anytime, on any device.