Alpha Networks Turns to Mariner for IPTV Service Assurance

Alpha Networks Turns to Mariner for IPTV Service Assurance

AMSTERDAM, September 9, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

- xVu Brings IPTV Service Monitoring to White Labeled
turnKeyTV Solution

Mariner [http://www.marinerpartners.com/en/home/default.aspx ] today
announced that Alpha Networks [http://www.alphanetworks.com ] has selected
its xVu(TM) service monitoring product for use in Alpha's white labeled
triple-play solution, turnKeyTV.

When creating an integrated solution for global service providers, Alpha
looked for a partner to bring end-to-end quality assurance monitoring to
their IPTV offering. Mariner proved to be the ideal choice.

Key Facts

- Alpha Networks is mainly active in Europe, where it supplies
various telecom operators with a wide range of services such as OSS/BSS
solutions, IPTV & OTT deployment and Network expertise. The company has
developed a plug and play IPTV solution for operators looking to deploy
IPTV services quickly and at no risk.

- Mariner xVu provides innovative real-time insight to network
operations and customer care teams, delivering proven operational cost
reductions. The product shortens Mean-Time-To-Repair (MTTR), improves
1st call issue resolution, and reduces truck rolls and speculative STB
swaps.

- xVu is today deployed with service providers across the
North American, Caribbean and Asia-Pacific markets, and is in
pre-deployment use with several service providers in Europe.

Supporting Quotes

- "Mariner's xVu tool set appealed to us both for its ability
to inter-work with our IPTV ecosystem and because of the advantages of
monitoring right through to the customer's premises. As a highly
intuitive and easy to use tool, our NOC agents were up and running very
quickly and we expect to rapidly realize decreasing OPEX costs related
to unnecessary replacement of Set-top Boxes and onsite technician
visits," said Tristan Dumont de Chassart, CEO of Alpha Networks.

- "Being selected by an innovative provider like Alpha
Networks is an important milestone for Mariner in our expansion into the
European market," states Curtis Howe, President and CEO of Mariner.
"Building on Mariner's proven success in North America and elsewhere,
this success demonstrates xVu's flexibility in integrating with a range
of IPTV eco-systems."

About Alpha Networks

Alpha Networks is the first turnkey telecom solution provider in Europe.

Alpha Networks offers telecom operators various services such as a full
hosted ecosystem allowing the deployment of Net, Tel, TV and OTT services in
just a few months without requiring heavy investments.

Alpha Networks is also specialized in Telecom OSS BSS management
software in order to manage clients and networks processes.

Finally Alpha Networks negotiates TV content rights in order to
constitute the best TV offer available in a market.

This allows telecom clients to have a one-stop-shop approach for a
quicker deployment at no risks.

For more information about Alpha Networks, please visit us at IBC Booth
9.a.12 and http://www.alphanetworks.be or contact Raphael Bernardinello,
Head of Sales raphael.bernardinello@alphanetworks.be.

About Mariner

Making TV Better - Mariner is a leading global provider of IP-based TV
and Video solutions. The company's award winning IP video edge data solution
xVu(TM) is the most widely deployed analysis and troubleshooting platform
commercially available, and offers impressive insight and impact in both
real-time and offline modes. xVu is deployed throughout North America,
Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific Rim.

Mariner knows TV and the issues of managing a profitable IP-based TV
operation. The Mariner team has over 200 years of combined experience in
developing and running IPTV services, and the value of this experience is
reflected in the innovative solutions delivered and supported by the
company.

Visit Mariner at IBC Stand 13.275
[http://www.ibc.org/page.cfm/Action=Exhib/ExhibID=834/loadSearch=140882_4994 ]
and http://www.marinerpartners.com.

Source: Mariner

Mike MacNeil, Director of Marketing, Mariner, Mike.MacNeil@marinerpartners.com, +1-506-642-9428

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