Licence contract
Amino Technologies PLC
30 November 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 November 2006
AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC
AMINO LICENSES IPTV SOLUTION TO WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
WNC to bundle IntAct(TM) software stack with a range of IPTV STBs as part of an
offering to IPTV operators
Amino Technologies plc ('Amino'; stock code: AMO) announces today that its Amino
Communications subsidiary has signed a licence agreement with Wistron NeWeb
Corporation ('WNC') for Amino's IntAct(TM) IPTV solution.
Based in Taiwan, WNC is the subsidiary of Wistron Group. It is a major original
device manufacturer ('ODM') supplying products to a wide range of markets
including satellite TV, cable TV and the communications sector. Its customers
include many market leading product companies and tier 1 telco and satellite TV
service operators.
WNC has the right to bundle the IntAct(TM) software solution with a range of
Set-Top Boxes ('STBs') to be supplied to customers across the Asia-Pacific
region and to particular tier 1 telcos in the European Union and North America.
These STB products are expected to begin shipping in sample volumes towards the
end of H1 2007.
According to Mike Arden, Principal Analyst at ABI Research, Asia Pacific is
poised to be the biggest market with an explosion of IPTV services over the next
few years and subscribers rising from 2 million in 2005 to over 22 million by
2011.
Haydn Hsieh, CEO & President of WNC, commented, 'Given the market forecasts and
potential for IPTV, we wanted to enter the IPTV market quickly and in a big way.
We needed to find a software partner to give us the time to market advantage we
needed and Amino's IntAct was our best option'. He continued, 'By licensing the
IntAct IPTV software, we can provide our customers with a proven solution that
is already pre-integrated with most of the popular Middleware, Conditional
Access and VOD servers on the market, enabling a vastly reduced time to revenues
- a critical consideration in a highly competitive market'.
'The significance of this relationship is that tier 1 service operators can now
buy IPTV STBs, fully integrated with Amino's market leading software, from a
market leading ODM', explained Bob Giddy, Amino's CEO.'
CONTACTS
Amino Technologies: 01954-234100
Grant Masom, Chairman www.aminocom.com
Bob Giddy, Chief Executive
Stuart Darling, Finance Director
Wistron NeWeb Corporation:
Molly Lin, Senior Director / IR & + 886-3-666-7799 ext. 3888
Marketing Center
Molly_lin@wneweb.com.tw
Bankside:
Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield 020-7367-8888
About Wistron NeWeb Corporation
Wistron NeWeb Corp. (WNC) is an industry leader in the design and manufacturing
of advanced wireless communication and networking products. With strong R&D
capabilities, WNC has consistently introduced innovative products and solutions
in the areas of Direct Broadcasting Satellite (Dish antenna/LNBF/Satellite radio
/ HD radio receiver/ Set-top box), Wireless Networking (WiFi phone/IEEE 802.11 a
/b/g/AP/Router/VDSL), Personal Communication (GSM/GPRS/PHS/ CDMA/Dual mode
handsets) and Antenna Subsystems (Notebook, PC, DVB-T; DVB-H). WNC's mission is
to offer its customers and partners superior wireless communication products
thru premium OEM/ODM design and manufacturing services. In addition, WNC also
provides world class logistics service and after-sales service worldwide. For
more details, please visit: http://www.wneweb.com.
About Amino
Amino (www.aminocom.com) is a designer and supplier of electronic systems,
software and consultancy, specialising in applications for on-demand video, IPTV
(telco triple-play applications) and in-home multimedia distribution. Amino's
IntAct(TM) client-side system software provides users with the twin benefits of
low cost deployment and rapid time-to-market. The key to these benefits is a
software stack with a wide selection of pre-integrated third-party components.
Amino's own range of small, low cost, high functionality set-top boxes and
gateways incorporating its IntAct(TM) software is designed for consumer
applications in telecommunications and broadcast markets, as well as on-demand
systems for hotels and hospitality markets, healthcare, retail and education.
Amino also provides systems consultancy and partners with world-leading
companies in content aggregation, middleware, conditional access and head-end
systems.
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