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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Contacts for Press and Analysts:

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613-763-1133
kmonagha@nortel.com

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

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