PRESS RELEASE: ZTE Corporation and Turk Telekom have commercially deployed the largest IPTV/OTT platform in Turkey. To replace the legacy platform on the live network, ZTE successfully completed cutover of nearly one million set-top boxes (STBs) from different STB vendors, integration with over ten third-party vendors, and delivery of more than ten types of end devices and over a thousand customized functions. The new platform adopts an integrated video platform architecture and supports smooth evolution towards the future development, capable of providing brand-new viewing experiences for tens of millions of users of Turk Telekom.

Turk Telekom is the largest fixed-line operator in Turkey, with over 14.6 million broadband subscribers. In recent years, the company has been trying to provide its subscribers with more functions and more diverse video content, and to enhance subscribers experience. To achieve this goal, Turk Telekom has partnered with ZTE and built a new video platform integrating both IPTV and OTT. This platform features great UI design, and many TV service scenarios like safe TV experience with flexible parental controls, nPVR functions, Catch-up TV functions, user profile based recommendation for best content exploration and many other providing users with superior live and on demand viewing experiences. Moreover, it allows access to more than ten types of terminals, including Smart TV, IOS/Android mobile devices, Apple TV/Android TV devices and PCs. This can greatly meet the needs of all age groups in different scenarios, and attract more TV users.

For maintenance, ZTE offers customized cutover tools and non-stop upgrade system, as well as various visual maintenance tools, which greatly simplifies the maintenance work. In addition, to promote growth in profits for the customer, ZTE provides many great services, for example, big data analysis and processing, generation and release of sales promotion strategies, intelligent advertising management, smart search, and smart recommendation. It also introduces Google ecosystem. All these are expected to bring the customer more value-added service scenarios and more flexible operation approaches.

Currently, all the subscribers on the live network of Turk Telekom have been migrated to ZTE’s new platform. As a industry-leading provider of multimedia video products, ZTE serves 200 million users from more than 120 customers in over 40 countries around the world. Moving forward, ZTE will keep focusing on the technology evolution and service innovation of Big Video products, providing users with superior viewing experiences, and exploring new applications in the industry.