Enghouse Networks Partners with Access Communications to Enable Next-Generation Television Services Across Canada

19 January 2021

Enghouse Networks announced its partnership with Access Communications Co-operative, based in Regina, Saskatchewan , to provide fully hosted next-generation television service to Canadian service providers .

Service providers improve their TV platform for two main reasons: cost effectiveness and the ability to deliver a superior user experience to consumers. So far, the deployment of these solutions has resulted in significant capital expenditures, delays in revenue growth and high risk.

The Enghouse TV solution provides operators with state-of-the-art TV service for their customers, with low start-up costs, fast time to value and low deployment risk. This puts a next-generation solution within the reach of small and medium-sized operators in Canada .

“We are delighted to partner with Enghouse Networks to deliver a secure video solution tailored to customer needs,” said Jeffrey De Sarno , CTO of Access Communications. "As a co-op, we are committed to providing exceptional entertainment services to the communities we serve. We now provide our subscribers with a full television experience, and this initiative enables other operators nationwide to offer equally robust and secure video solutions. "

This solution provides operators with access to over 200 live TV channels, catch-up and restart services, a networked DVR and full on-demand content. The service is highly configurable, making it easy to address the widest range of market segments.

“The Enghouse solution offers operators the ability to target market segments with high value television services,” said Sunil Diaz , Managing Director of Enghouse Networks. "Through the partnership with Access Communications, we are able to offer these services at an unmatched time in terms of revenue and low deployment risk. A number of operators have already signed up for the service and more are expected to do so in the future. months to come. "

About Access Communications

Access Communications Co-operative is one of Saskatchewan's largest telecommunications companies . It provides reliable and affordable services in the areas of Internet, television, telephone and security. What makes Regina- based Access company unique is its involvement in the communities it serves, including through community channels AccessNow TV.

Access began serving clients in 1978. Since then, it has grown into a provincial co-op serving over 235 communities and 170,000 square kilometers of rural Saskatchewan . As a non-profit cooperative, Access invests 100% of its income in the communities and rural areas where it operates. To learn more about the cooperative, visit the website www.myaccess.ca .

About Enghouse Networks

Enghouse Networks is a trusted global provider of telecommunications technologies and solutions. Our commitment is to succeed in delivering solutions that can enable digital transformation, ultimately building a connected global community. From the edge to the cloud, our applications enable next-generation communications and media companies, defense and public safety organizations, and public services to plan, design, design, monitor, protect and simplify the complexity of networks, in a vendor-independent 5G, IoT, Cloud, AI, NFV and SDN ecosystem. Enghouse Networks technology portfolio covers network infrastructure, business support systems (BSS), operations support systems (OSS) and digital transformation solutions. For more information, please visit the websitewww.enghousenetworks.com . Enghouse Networks is a unit of Enghouse Systems Ltd. of Markham, Ontario .

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Source: prnewswire.com