Telefónica de España is using Juniper Networks' E-series platforms to deliver entertainment services across its broadband IP over ADSL network. Telefónica is developing an "Imagenio" service that is aimed at integrating the television and Internet worlds. Content is provided by Telefonica subsidiaries and others. So far, some 700 households have been testing the services. Full commercial launch in Spain's two biggest cities, Barcelona and Madrid, will happen as soon as Telefonica receives approval from the Spanish regulator.
The equipment is part of an order awarded to Siemens ICN by Telefonica to extend its broadband network. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Telefónica is currently serving some 1.5 million DSL lines in Spain for retail and wholesale customers.
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- In September, nCUBE announced that Telefónica de España had selected its nABLE interactive management software and n4x video server for the delivery of VOD services over its ADSL network in Spain. Telefónica's VOD service, imagenio, will initially be available in the Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante regions of Spain and is expected to expand to cities across Spain over the next two years. nCUBE's n4x video server can store more than 200,000 hours of unique video content. nCUBE's platform is designed to support communities of 5,000 to 500,000 homes with a single piece of content.
