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About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile and web TV, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Mobile Content Optimization Solution of the Year Award. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.  

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Montreal, Canada - May 22, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced Vantrix Media Profiler has been recognized by Network Products Guide - the industry's leading publication on information technologies and solutions - as a winner of the 2009 Best Products and Services Award. The highly competitive annual award honors products and services that address the rapidly changing needs of technology end-users. Media Profiler rose to the top among nominations from all over the world to take top spot for software in the "Best in Convergence" category.

Vantrix Media Profiler helps drive consumer adoption of premium multimedia services such as mobile and web TV, user generated content and video-on-demand, while helping operators overcome the challenge of managing multimedia services across multiple screens. Media Profiler is a complete solution for the introduction, provisioning and management of multimedia content/services. It enables operators to manage subscriber services through an intuitive single point of operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning. Media Profiler facilitates a common user experience on any device and any network, promoting the agnostic delivery of content to converged services. This increases service stickiness and adoption while reducing churn, and delivering considerable OPEX and CAPEX savings as more multimedia content is delivered by network operators.

"Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services," said Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Network Products Guide. "Vantrix Media Profiler is an excellent example of a product breaking new ground in its industry by helping network operators finally deliver on the promise of true three-screen convergence."

"To gain the Network Products Guide Award from among so many leading technology products this year is an honor, and a validation of Vantrix ability to deliver best-in-class solutions for converged networks," said Patrick Lopez, CMO of Vantrix. "Vantrix remains committed to introducing technologies that will continue to drive the delivery of content across screens while ensuring the highest quality end-user experience."

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About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile and web TV, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Mobile Content Optimization Solution of the Year Award. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai. For more information, please visit www.vantrix.com.

Media Contacts:

Jeff Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+1 978-474-1900
mailto:vantrix@pancomm.com

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514-866-1717
mailto:christina.park@vantrix.com

 

Montreal, Canada - May 20, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced the appointment of John Major as an Independent Director to the Vantrix Board of Directors. The strategic addition to the Board caps a strong first quarter for Vantrix, highlighted by four new customer wins and the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Mobile Content Optimization Solution of the Year Award.

In his role as Independent Director, to which he brings a wealth of experience, Mr. Major will support Vantrix by providing expertise and strategic advice regarding potential growth strategies. He has been serving as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) since May 2008, having joined the company as an Independent Director in 2003. He also serves as Director of three other public companies, including Lennox International (NYSE: LII), Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ: LFUS), and ORBCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBC).

In January 2003, Mr. Major founded MTSG, a strategic consulting and investment company. Prior to MTSG and throughout his career, Mr Major served in various executive roles ranging from Chairman and CEO of Novatel Wireless, President of Wireless Infrastructure at Qualcomm, and CTO at Motorola. Mr. Major holds a B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rochester, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, an M.B.A. from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University.

"Mr. Major's experience in developing world-class organizations will significantly contribute to Vantrix expanding its market leadership in content adaptation and optimization for converged network operators," said Allan Benchetrit, CEO of Vantrix. "We look forward to benefitting from his participation in our Board of Directors as he will contribute deep insight to support our continued growth."

"I am delighted to join the Vantrix Board of Directors. I have been impressed by the company's management team and market traction, and I look forward to actively participating in the continued success of the company. I see converged multimedia services as one of the most exciting markets in the industry and Vantrix is a clear category leader," commented John Major.


About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile and web TV, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is the recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Mobile Content Optimization Solution of the Year Award. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contacts:

Jeff Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+ 1-978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

 

 

 

Montreal, Canada and Las Vegas, NV - April 2, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced it has received the Frost & Sullivan Award for Premium Mobile Content Optimization Solution of the Year for its Mediadvance platform and its product portfolio. Vantrix is being recognized for its pioneering efforts in multimedia services convergence and the development of technologies to enhance and enable the blended multimedia experience.

Vantrix achieved significant growth in 2008, signaling the success of the company's products globally. Mediadvance is the core software platform on which all Vantrix products and solutions are built. A common software platform provides Vantrix customers with considerable OPEX and CAPEX savings as more multimedia content is being delivered by network operators.

With an increased customer demand for premium multimedia content, wireless, broadband and cable converged network operators today face the challenge of managing complex services across multiple screens. Network providers are expected to offer consumers a better user-experience, seamless delivery and access to premium content irrespective of the source. Extending innovative services between wireless, PC and TV networks requires a deep understanding of content, technology, and end-points.

Gerry Purdy, VP and Chief Analyst, Mobile and Wireless at Frost & Sullivan comments "We believe that Vantrix has the most comprehensive lineup of content adaptation solutions for the multimedia content markets and is a clear leader in all aspects of the business. The company's solutions have evolved to offer end-to-end functionally including content delivery, user experience management, mobile advertising and others. Vantrix has successfully executed on its multimedia strategy; and mobile video services are expected to be the growth driver for the year 2009 and beyond. Frost & Sullivan is delighted to present Vantrix with the 2009 Award for Premium Mobile Content Optimization Solution of the Year in recognition of the capabilities of Mediadvance and the overall achievements of the company."

Allan Benchetrit, President and CEO adds "We are very honored and proud to receive this award; it underlines our focus and execution as market leader in the Converged Multimedia Services market space. Our capacity to deliver and enhance innovative services such as Binary Content, MMS, rich media downloads and multi-screen video across converged wireless, broadband and cable networks is the key to our success and market traction." The Frost & Sullivan Award for Solution of the Year is presented each year to the company that has achieved the best combination of product performance and industry advancement within the Mobile & Wireless industry.

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About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile, IP and web TV, advertising, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contact:

Jeffrey Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+1 978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514-866-1717
Christina.Park@vantrix.com

CMO joins the MAG Steering Committee, bringing over a decade of mobile and multimedia industry experience to the group's latest initiatives

Montreal, Canada - April 2, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced the appointment of Vantrix to the dotMobi Advisory Group Steering Committee.

The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG at http://advisorygroup.mobi) represents the diverse views of the global mobile web publishing community. The MAG provides insight and influence on mobile web publishing innovations and commercialization efforts, helping to drive a fair and profitable mobile Internet economy. The MAG also provides .mobi domain policy input to the dotMobi Policy Advisory Board. MAG membership is made up of thought leaders and the organizations that have a stake in delivering to the needs of more than 3 billion mobile subscribers worldwide.

"Vantrix brings extensive industry experience and thought leadership to the dotMobi Advisory Group Steering Committee and we are pleased that they will be involved in our latest initiatives already in progress," said Michael J. O'Farrell, Chair of the dotMobi Advisory Group. "As an innovator in multimedia content solutions, Vantrix CMO and representation on the committee, Patrick Lopez, will be a valuable addition to our global leadership team. We look forward to Patrick's perspectives and insights as we work on delivering mobile web publishing best practices, recommendations, market-wide educational initiatives and fostering cooperation among mobile players that will impact not only our members, but the mobile Internet industry at-large."

Over the last several months, Vantrix has focused on extending its leadership role in the field of content adaptation and optimization, focusing on technologies that deliver complete converged content provisioning and management across any wireless, cable or broadband network. In addition to the recent launch of its Vantrix Media Profiler solution, the company has been successful deploying its technology with an increasing number of network operators and mobile entertainment companies to offer innovative services such as MMS, mobile TV, user generated content and video on demand.

"So much of the success of mobile web publishing depends on how effectively multimedia content is processed, optimized and delivered," commented Patrick Lopez, CMO of Vantrix. "As we look ahead to helping network operators further develop models based on true three-screen convergence, Vantrix looks forward to bringing its perspective in multimedia processing and streaming to the MAG Steering Committee as we discuss and shape the mobile Internet of the future."

To learn more about the dotMobi Advisory Group visit www.advisorygroup.mobi.

About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile and web TV, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contacts:

Jeff Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+ 1-978-474-1900

vantrix@pancomm.com

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514-866-1717

Christina.Park@vantrix.com

 

 

Las Vegas, USA - April 1, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced it has joined the Acision Innovation Network. Vantrix will contribute to this innovative program by introducing multimedia content optimization, management and streaming solutions to Acision's product portfolio, enabling operators to deliver and maintain advanced multimedia services with a cost-effective, high-quality user experience.

Network operators have made increasing investments to offer value-added service bundles to attract new subscribers while reducing churn and improving user experience. Multimedia messaging (MMS), anti-spam, anti-virus, advertising insertion and mobile TV are amongst the fastest growing segments in wireless multimedia services. The joint partnership enables Acision to expand its offering beyond messaging, browsing and charging to the full spectrum of converged multimedia services. 

"With the increasing demand for premium, personalized multimedia services across messaging, browsing and streaming, Vantrix is pleased to be able to join the Acision Innovation Network," commented Patrick Lopez, Chief Marketing Officer of Vantrix. "As a recognized global leader in messaging, Acision is a trusted partner that will support and accelerate the tremendous growth we have experienced over the last year."

"Vantrix develops leading-edge, content optimization, management and streaming solutions for the delivery of multimedia services," said Geoff McGrath, VP Global Market Development, Acision "We are pleased to welcome Vantrix to the Acision Innovation Network to enhance the future development of our market leading solutions across three of our four key domains: mobile messaging, mobile marketing and mobile broadband. Vantrix and Acision, with several joint commercial deployments already in-place, are growing fast in the multimedia market and our collaboration will be beneficial for both our customer bases."

Acision's Innovation Network is a collaborative ecosystem that enables communication companies to develop new services and applications and deliver these to operators. Vantrix joins the group after the certification of Mediadvance, the core software platform on which all Vantrix products and solutions are built. Mediadvance provides a single point for content management and monitoring, enabling users to capture, optimize and deliver content more efficiently than ever before while realizing considerable OPEX and CAPEX savings.

About Acision

Acision is the world's leading messaging company, providing communication solutions for over 300 network operators and service providers globally. For more information on the Acision Innovation Network, visit www.acision.com/innovation.

About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile and web TV, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contacts:

Jeffrey Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+1 978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514-866-1717
Christina.Park@vantrix.com

Ease of deployment, reliability and scalability key factors in Sybase 365 decision

Montreal, Canada and Las Vegas, USA - March 31, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced that Sybase 365 - a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), the global leader in mobile messaging services - has extended its contract with Vantrix and will integrate the newest version of Vantrix Message Optimizer and Mediadvance software platform. The agreement broadens a longstanding partnership between the two companies and provides Sybase 365 with access to upgraded functionality for MMS content optimization and interoperability.

For MMS, Sybase 365 provides inter-carrier interconnectivity and interoperability services to major mobile operators, ensuring MMS content is delivered seamlessly to subscribers across GSM and CDMA networks. Message Optimizer provides crucial support for the adaptation and optimization of content for a seamless end-user experience.

"Vantrix has been a steadfast partner for over four years, providing excellent customer service and proving that their technology has the ability to scale with our business," said William Dudley, Group Director, Product Management, for Sybase 365. "Today, we process more than two hundred billion messages each year. It is imperative that we maintain the reliability and performance our customers have come to expect while continuing to expand our service offering. Vantrix is the perfect fit to help us continue to surpass those goals moving forward."

"Sybase 365 truly is a global leader in the messaging industry and we are proud to have them as a longstanding customer," added Charles Marsh, VP Sales of Vantrix. "With the new version of Message Optimizer, Sybase 365 will be able to deliver its services to network operators more efficiently than ever before. Sybase 365 and Vantrix have been key contributors to the growth rate experienced by MMS globally, providing seamless interoperability and interconnection between heterogeneous networks and technologies."

About Sybase 365

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY), is the global leader in SMS, MMS and GRX mobile messaging interoperability, the delivery and settlement of SMS and MMS content, mobile commerce and enterprise-class messaging services. Processing more than 200 billion messages per year, Sybase 365 reaches more than 700 mobile operators and 3 billion subscribers around the world. For more information, visit: www.sybase.com/365.  

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About Vantrix

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, mobile and web TV, user generated content and video on demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Beijing and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contacts:

Jeffrey Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+1 978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com 

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514-866-1717
Christina.Park@vantrix.com

 

Following announcement of Tier One Converged Operator, Vantrix Media Profiler set to deploy 

Montreal, Canada and Barcelona, Spain - February 16, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks today announced it has launched Vantrix Media Profiler, a best in class solution that delivers complete converged content provisioning and management across any wireless, cable and broadband networks.

On the heels of the recent announcement of a multi-year tier one converged operator win, Vantrix is now announcing the launch and deployment of Vantrix Media Profiler. Operators today face the challenge of managing complex multimedia services across multiple screens. Launching or extending innovative services between wireless, PC and TV networks requires a deep understanding of content (streams, file based, stored, referenced), technology (broadband, linear analogue and digital TV, wireless) and end points (phones, PCs, TV / Set top boxes).

Vantrix Media Profiler is the latest edition to the suite of products that enables network operators and service providers to capitalize on this paradigm shift towards video convergence in a cost effective manner while opening new revenue opportunities.

Vantrix Media Profiler allows operators to manage subscriber and services by providing a seamless experience across screens. Its content management and discovery capabilities, together with its catalogue and rules and permission management provide a set of capabilities that are unique in this nascent converged market.,

Patrick Lopez, CMO of Vantrix comments:" Vantrix Media Profiler provides advanced functionalities such as the capacity to stop an on-demand program and resume it across TV, PC or mobile. We also ensure that subscribers get access to the personalized channel line up that is in their bundle. Additionally, advertisement management and insertion guarantees the introduction of targeted segments within live TV and VOD contents. These advanced services reflect the expertise and commitment of Vantrix to enable the best user experience in converged networks. We are delighted that our offering meets such interest and traction in the market."

Vantrix Media Profiler orchestrates the Blended Multimedia Experience for converged operators. Key features include:

Content Management & Discovery

Vantrix Media Profiler provides content storage and referencing and enables service discovery and selection of Video / Music On Demand, Advertising, User Generated Content, through WAP, Web, Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) and playlists.

Profiles Management

Vantrix Media Profiler manages subscriber, services and content profiles and metadata to enable the best user experience.

Rules and Permissions Management

Policy Decision Point for media delivery: Vantrix Media Profiler provides rules and permission management for service and subscriber access control to decide which customer has access to what services and contents under what circumstances.

For more information about Vantrix solutions and products for service providers, please visit www.vantrix.com.

ABOUT VANTRIX

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, Mobile TV, User Generated Content and Video On Demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contact:

Jeffrey Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+1 978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514 866 1717
Christina.Park@vantrix.com

 

The Vantrix media convergence solution to serve as cornerstone of converged operator's strategic investment in three-screen convergence

Montreal, Canada - February 11, 2009 - Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks, today announced it has been awarded a five-year contract with a tier-one North American converged operator to enable the delivery of multimedia content to its subscribers. Vantrix technology will support high-quality user experiences across a number of services offered by the operator, including mobile video and web TV, user-generated content, video-on-demand, electronic programming guide and a mobile client. 

As the interest and need for the ability to harness Web 2.0 and TV services in a wireless world grows steadily, Vantrix has introduced a variety of products and solutions aimed at providing cable, broadband and wireless operators with the ability to launch and maintain an ecosystem of advanced multimedia services.

In recent years, network and service providers have made investments to create and/or extend their wireless footprint to create bundled service offerings towards up-selling current subscribers, reducing subscriber churn, and attracting new subscribers. For most, this involves leveraging existing content already delivered over their broadcast or broadband networks, extending those content experiences to the wireless handset for a seamless three-screen experience. In an increasingly crowded market, however, providers must be able to offer these types of mobile multimedia services cost effectively and with a high-quality user experience that delivers a compelling value-add to the subscriber.

Vantrix has been able to capitalize on this market shift toward Blended Multimedia Experience by offering converged operators a profitable path towards content convergence across all channels. Its Mediadvance platform, dynamic bit rate adaptation and overall software maturity and performance standards are crucial components in this convergence strategy and in this most recent installation, the operator is deploying several Vantrix products and solutions to offer a comprehensive web and mobile TV solution.

"Converged operators, particularly those engaged not only in broadcasting but also in interactive multimedia development, Internet access services, telephony and wireless services, are in a great position to capitalize on the promise of three-screen convergence. However, for it truly to be a revenue generator, it is imperative to optimize the viewing experience and offer new services that underline the convergence between Internet, television and broadcast channels," said Allan Benchetrit, President and CEO of Vantrix. "This achievement underpins the company commitment and capacity to enable convergence scenarios for fully integrated network operators."

The ability of Vantrix to allow seamless multimedia content management and delivery will be demonstrated at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and will provide wireless, broadband and cable operators with a clear blueprint to enable a portfolio of innovative multimedia services that will grow top line revenue, while reducing the costs associated with the introduction and management of these services.

For more information about Vantrix solutions and products for service providers, please visit www.vantrix.com.  

ABOUT VANTRIX

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, Mobile and web TV, User Generated Content and Video On Demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contact:

Jeffrey Dillow / Randi Sussman
PAN Communications
+1 978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

Christina Park
Vantrix
+1 514 866 1717
Christina.Park@vantrix.com

 

Vantrix won Bronze from the prestigious Mobile Entertainment conference, that took place in London, December 10th, for its innovative Mobile TV solution: Media Broadcaster.

Vantrix Media Broadcaster allows mobile video and audio offering such as

• Video Streaming
• Mobile TV and radio
• Video and audio on demand
• Video sharing
• User generated content
• Video alerts
• Video telephony
• Video surveillance
• Video ad insertion

Vantrix Media Broadcaster is a bundled solution of two individual products that can be offered separately and integrated within a media delivery chain.

• Vantrix Stream Optimizer: Is the live media adaptation engine of Media Broadcaster. It performs ingestion of live streaming content, adaptation based on device capability and network congestion and packaging for streaming by a streaming server.
• Vantrix Media Streamer: Is the high performance streaming engine of Media Broadcaster. Its main purposes are ingestion of pre-encoded media, packet duplication if necessary, SBRA (3gpp compliant static bit rate adaptation) and streaming.

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Product enables Mobile Advertising solutions and malware protection in converged networks

 SAN DIEGO and MONTREAL, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks today announced the launch of its new product offering, Media Controller and its implementation at several prominent network operators and mobile entertainment companies. These deployments, which have taken place in KSA (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Kuwait, and the US, have already brought significant OPEX and CAPEX savings to Vantrix customers.

Vantrix Media Controller is a policy enforcement point for multimedia content and services. It allows wireless, broadband, and cable operators to enforce rules and policies on multimedia traffic. It is designed to increase operators' revenue by facilitating the launch and introduction of services such as mobile advertising as well as extending support for iPhone devices by providing a means to interface with Multimedia Messaging (MMS). It can also help operators ensure the integrity of their networks by providing a set of mechanisms to prevent malware and other types of malicious or unsolicited multimedia content from reaching subscribers.

"In order for network operators to introduce innovative services and business models such as mobile advertising they need a solution that is able to manage multimedia traffic efficiently," said Patrick Lopez, Chief Marketing Officer for Vantrix. "Media Controller is an effective way for operators to offer subscribers a level of security and control, while still introducing revenue-driving applications and solutions including mobile advertising."

Media Controller is an integral component of the company's core software platform, Mediadvance, on which all Vantrix products and solutions are built. This approach provides Vantrix customers with a single point for the management, provisioning and administration of all their multimedia services. Network operators benefit by being better able to deliver more multimedia content including MMS, Music, Videos, Mobile TV, Web TV, Cable TV and User Generated Content.

Vantrix Media Controller key features include:

Anti-Spam

Featuring advanced heuristics algorithms, Vantrix Media Controller is designed to protect subscribers from abuse by blocking unsolicited MMS messages.

Content Filtering

By inspecting content for suspicious extensions, Vantrix Media Controller is able to filter MMS that may be unsuitable for the intended recipient, based on configurable attributes such as content type, size, origin and/or destination.

Anti-Virus

Vantrix Media Controller protects the network from harmful traffic by filtering out self replicating virus-infected multimedia messages.

Advertising Insertion

Vantrix Media Controller enriches content by dynamically inserting customized banners, animations, slides, text, audio and video into multimedia messages, Video on Demand or Mobile TV and radio services.

MMS 2 Email

Vantrix Media Controller allows network operators to seamlessly bridge the gap between Multimedia Messaging and wireless email users. As more and more devices are introduced in the market, it is important for network operators to be able to enable communities to communicate seamlessly. For instance, MMS 2 email allows iPhone users to exchange Multimedia Messages with the rest of the wireless community.

ABOUT VANTRIX

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, Mobile TV, User Generated Content and Video On Demand.

Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

For further information:

Media Contact:

Kristin Conforti
PAN Communications
978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

Patrick Lopez
Vantrix
514 866 1717 x297
Patrick.lopez@vantrix.com

Nortel IPTV Solutions Converge Entertainment with Communications to Create Personalized Video Applications

 

NOVEMBER 12, 2008 ANAHEIM - Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] is showcasing IPTV and Video solutions that are blurring the boundaries across TV, Internet, consumer devices and mobile phones by integrating services like text messaging, VoIP, media sharing, and interactive applications into the entertainment experience. Nortel is demonstrating these capabilities at TelcoTV 2008 ** from November 11 to 13.

Nortel's video solutions make it possible for service providers to blend the applications and communications capabilities of computers and mobile devices with TV programming to enhance the entertainment experience. This allows interactive and multimedia Internet applications like text messaging, photo and video sharing, as well as VoIP, to be easily accessed while viewing TV or video on demand. For example, sports enthusiasts can text friendly rivals right from their TVs during a big game. Or, consumers can order a new product directly from an ad on their TV with a simple click of the remote control connecting them with the sellers through VoIP or text messaging. Nortel's IPTV solutions also allow users to take TV content out of the house to be viewed on a mobile phone or laptop.

"Nortel's video solutions can take service providers beyond bundling of services to true convergence of entertainment and interactive applications," said Sameer Sheth, general manager, Video Solutions, Nortel. "Nortel allows service providers to create a more personalized and convenient user experience for their subscribers where any device can be used for a multitude of functions. For example, a TV, computer or mobile phone can be used to watch video on demand from a single account. A TV can be used to order a pizza, buy tickets to an event, or share photos with friends."

Nortel's IPTV solutions will be used to bring enhanced entertainment to subscribers by such customers as Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks **, a telecom service provider in West Virginia; BIT **, a service provider in Virginia; and Yadkin Valley Telecom **, an operator serving over 30,000 households in North Carolina. Both Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks and BIT will deploy Nortel's Communications Module 9520 to bring new interactive applications such as click-to-call, text messaging and picture sharing to their television subscribers. Yadkin Valley Telecom is implementing Nortel's pre-integrated IPTV Solution to provide a secure, reliable, scaleable high-definition entertainment service.

In this era of Hyperconnectivity where any device or application that should be connected to the network is being connected, Nortel's video solutions give service

providers the ability to leverage a multitude of different devices - TV, Blu-ray ** player, computer, mobile phone - in an open environment to create new services and applications designed to generate additional revenues from their network investment. But offering these new interactive applications on many devices can lead to an explosion in bandwidth demand on networks as well.

To help service providers meet this demand, Nortel's Ethernet Access solution based on WDM PON technology provides dedicated, super-fast, secure, and reliable optical bandwidth starting with speeds of 100 Mbps and easily scalable as services grow on a foundational infrastructure. At Telco TV Nortel will demonstrate the delivery of IPTV, VoIP , and data services over Ethernet Access based on WDM-PON, including simple network management and recovery of services.

Here are other IPTV and video applications Nortel is demonstrating in booth #401 at TelcoTV 2008 in Anaheim, CA:

TV widgets - a TV interface that users can personalize, much like they would on a computer, displaying content such as the latest news, weather, sports schedules, and video on the TV screen. Convergence of consumer electronics with entertainment, providing the ability to perform interactive two-way multimedia communication between a mobile device and an Internet connected BD-Live ** Blu-ray player. With this capability, consumers can receive photos on a Blu-ray player and make a click-to-call back to the sender. Single subscription video services that allow a subscriber to order video on demand from a set top box and then watch it on other devices, such as a TV (with set top box), mobile phone or laptop. Interactive TV advertising that puts merchandise only a "click-to-call" or "click-to-purchase" away A network based digital vault that can be accessed from anywhere, allowing users to share and store pictures and personal videos from mobile to PC and vice versa.

These demonstrations are testament to Nortel's strength in delivering applications that allow service providers to innovate and monetize personalized video applications, leverage existing network investment and enhance consumers' experiences. Nortel's video solutions enable and leverage an open Video Services Platform that is part of the company's Agile Communications Environment , promoting third-party application development.

Nortel is working with companies at the forefront of consumer electronics to help service providers' extend the reach of communications applications to consumer electronics by developing advanced application convergence opportunities with BD-Live capable Blu-ray players. The companies include RCDb **, a leading developer of network services and software for Blu-ray discs and devices and Vantrix **, a leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks.

Nortel experts will be contributing to two panel sessions at Telco TV:

Peter Ashton, Nortel IPTV Product Marketing, will speak at a panel session in the Consumer Experience track called Integrating the Social Network Experience: Fad or Reality? on November 12, 4:30 to 5:30 PM Richard Brand, Nortel Video Solutions and vice-chair of ATIS ** IPTV Interoperability Forum, will moderate a panel session in the Evolve with Technology track called Set Top Box Evolution: Gateway to the Home? on November 13, 2:15 to 3:15 PM.

About Nortel

Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com . For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news .

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Company scales team and updates core platform to support increasing market traction

ANAHEIM, Calif., and MONTREAL, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantrix, the leading provider of content adaptation and optimization solutions for converged wireless, broadband and cable networks today announced important additions to its executive team and Board of Directors, along with renewed focus on core competencies in multimedia content processing and delivery.

Allan Benchetrit, co-founder President & CEO of Vantrix, has assembled a team of industry veterans to help lead the company through its next phase of growth.

"As the company experiences triple-digit, year-over-year growth, the addition of Patrick Lopez as Chief Marketing Officer, Charles Marsh as VP Sales Americas, Elie Daher as VP Finance and Administration, and Bruce Stamm as VP Customer Operations, dramatically strengthens Vantrix' ability to manage growth in a rapidly evolving market," said Mr. Benchetrit. "I also welcome Serge Fortin to our Board of Directors, as external advisor. Together, this outstanding team of experienced wireless and telecommunications professionals has already made significant contributions to our company's recent growth and will be instrumental in helping Vantrix achieve both its expansion and market penetration goals."

Over the last several months, Vantrix has remained committed to realizing its leadership role in the field of multimedia processing, transcoding and video delivery for converged networks. The company has been successful deploying its technology with an increasing number of network operators and mobile entertainment companies to offer innovative services such as MMS, Mobile TV, User Generated Content (UGC) and Video On Demand. These solutions and others are now supported by the 8th generation of Vantrix' media processing platform, Mediadvance.

Mediadvance is the core software platform on which all Vantrix products and solutions are built. A common software platform provides Vantrix customers with a single point of management, provisioning and administration of their multimedia services. The benefit is considerable OPEX and CAPEX savings as more multimedia content is being delivered by network operators.

About the team:

Serge Fortin, external advisor to Vantrix' Board of Directors

Serge Fortin, is a telecom industry veteran with more than 30 years of executive management experience. Mr. Fortin most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SR Telecom, and in an executive capacity at FLAG Telecom, a part of the Reliance Group of Companies, a major corporation in India. Previously, Mr. Fortin held various senior management positions at Teleglobe, including that of Chief Operations Officer. He was also President and CEO of Bell Actimedia, whose operations included Yellow Pages and Sympatico, as well as President and CEO of TATA

Teleservices, an Indian telco provider and one of the world's first major fixed wireless operators.

Patrick Lopez, Chief Marketing Officer

Patrick Lopez has over 10 years of experience in marketing and product strategy and planning. His previous experience includes similar responsibilities at Airwide Solutions, 724 Solutions, Redknee, Logica (now Acision) and Philips electronics. He has been a representative to ETSI, OMA and 3GPP for SIM Toolkit, WAP and MMS standardization and was the chairman of the MMS IOP group. He currently sits in the executive advisory board of dotmobi, where he supervises the usage and optimization of multimedia services for mobile consumption.

Charles Marsh, VP Sales America

As Vice President of Sales, Charles leads Vantrix sales efforts in the Americas, managing relationships with carriers, strategic partners and content aggregators in the region. With over 11 years of sales, business development and marketing expertise, Mr. Marsh has a proven track record in the high tech/software industry. Prior to joining Vantrix, Mr. Marsh was a major contributor to the success of OZ Communications, SchlumbergerSema and Sema in both North America and Europe.

Elie Daher, VP Finance & Administration

Elie Daher has over 12 years of experience in financial management. Before joining Vantrix, Mr. Daher spent over 6 years at Bell Canada, the country's largest communications company, most recently as Director of Corporate Finance.

Bruce Stamm, VP Customer Operations

Bruce Stamm has over 20 years of experience in various software engineering, product testing and customer support functions in the aerospace and high technology industries. Before joining Vantrix in 2007, Mr. Stamm worked for IBM Rational, where he led product test organizations located in North America and Asia.

For more information about Vantrix' solutions and products, please visit www.vantrix.com.

ABOUT VANTRIX

Vantrix delivers the best multimedia customer experience on any network. The company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that delivers any multimedia content to any device, focusing on the best possible user experience to drive consumer adoption of premium services like MMS, Mobile TV, User Generated Content and Video On Demand. Vantrix is headquartered in Montreal with offices in London and Dubai.

To learn more about Vantrix visit our new website at www.vantrix.com.

Media Contact:

Kristin Conforti
PAN Communications
978-474-1900
vantrix@pancomm.com

Patrick Lopez
Vantrix
514 866 1717 x297
Patrick.lopez@vantrix.com

CONTACT: Kristin Confort, +1-978-474-1900, vantrix@pancomm.com, of PAN Communications, for Vantrix; Patrick Lopez, +1-514-866-1717 x297, patrick.lopez@vantrix.com, of Vantrix