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UTStarcom announced a contract to supply its RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to Bharti Airtel. UTStarcom's RollingStream solution will enable Bharti Airtel to offer a completely new service to its customers consisting of live broadcast television, time-shifted TV and video-on-demand (VoD) bundled with the operator's existing broadband and voice services, which can all be consolidated into a single bill sent to customers at the end of each month. Airtel expects to offer this new service bundle to customers in Gurgaon and the National Capital Region (NCR) by the end of the year. The service will also be rolled out in a phased manner across eight additional regions in the country.

"We are happy to team with UTStarcom to offer IPTV and other new services to our customers in India," said Atul Bindal, President of Airtel Broadband and Telephone Services. "

Earlier this year, UTStarcom announced a three-year contract through its collaboration with Aksh Optifibre to deploy its RollingStream solution with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) in India. In addition to its deployments in India, UTStarcom also has commercial IPTV deployments with China Telecom and China Netcom in China and Softbank in Japan. Demand for IPTV is expected to grow significantly in the Asia Pacific region. According to Frost and Sullivan, IPTV subscribers in this region are expected to surpass 27 million by 2013 with China and India being the high-growth markets.