OREANDA-NEWS. October 13, 2009. Interactive digital television, hosting and new telephony solutions has already provided for widening info-communicational services spectrum for Kazakhstani subscribers under ID brand. Innovation services are assigned both for individuals and corporate sector as well, reported the press-centre of Kazakhtelecom.

Thus, Kazakhtelecom JSC proposes absolutely new services based on IP networks development technology to its subscribers. Providing innovation services became possible in result of upgrading and development of telecommunication infrastructure, building next generation networks (NGN) and Internet Data centers. With commencement of providing services under ID brand the Company started to realize the concept of providing services through common broadband access channel by a principle "three in one" - Triple Play. The main components of Triple Play are: Internet access, telephony and interactive digital television. At that batch services is the most actual solution.  

iD TV
Interactive digital television services under iD TV brand (www.id-tv.kz) started in February 1, 2009 for Astana subscribers. Today testing in Almaty with further launch to commercial exploitation is carried out. Implementation of this service in other regions of the country in 2009-2010 is in company’s plans.

Interactive digital television IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) or ID TV (Interactive Digital  Television) unlike traditional forms of paid television (satellite and cable), provides to its subscribers except access to several dozens of TV channels, several unique resources.

Video on Demand (VoD): ability to choose and watch a movie from video operator’s collection through TV-interface. At that quality of picture is fully corresponds to DVD-quality;

Near Video on Demand (NVoD): watching popular films according to schedule (virtual analogue of multi hall cinema);

Electronic program guide (EPG): derived to screen program grid of available TV channels. EPG contains TV program for nearest days with its brief description. 

Structure of channels’ batches allows choosing TV program subject to personal preferences and needs. Subscriber can start from "basic batch", which consists of 55 channels and widen it by means of additional batches, grouped by theme /trend: "Music", "Child’s", "Housewife", "Educational", "Leisure" etc.  

This service will be available to broadband Internet users. To hook up iD TV you will need: modem ADSL2+ (with Multi PVC support), hooked up to telephone line and add-in device Set Top Box (STB), which transforms IP-batch to television signal, also secures communication with interactive services.

 iD Phone
iD Phone (www.idphone.kz) is new resources of telephony, organized by data transfer networks on base of SIP. iD Рhone allows optimizing costs for industrial communication not only within one office but all over the Kazakhstan.

The service is assigned for all target groups: corporations, small and middle business and individuals. User always can use its common number regardless of its location if Internet access availability.

Virtual office station, control of services through subscribers portal www.idphone.kz, universal  voice mail, automatic secretary, virtual Call-center are amongst main services on base of SIP platform. Support of wide spectrum of subscribers’ SIP devices, including telephones, gates, analogous terminal adapters, soft phones, video telephones are also amongst iD Phone advantages.

It shall be noted that individuals and corporate clients, who have been priory hooked up to the services of Internet access of Kazakhtelecom JSC can add the batch of proposed services.  Individuals can hook up to iD Phone at service points of Kazakhtelecom JSC and corporate clients can register at corporate service centers in any branch of Kazakhtelecom JSC. iD Phone launched in all regions of Kazakhstan.   

iD Host
Parallel to increasing of access speed and decreasing of tariffs to Internet access services Kazakhtelecom JSC creates conditions for development of Kazakh content. New step of Kazakhtelecom JSC in this direction is providing hosting services under new brand ID Host (www.idhost.kz).  

Development of Kazakh Internet is one the issues, set by the Head of state before Kazakhtelecom JSC. The leading telecoms operator opened Internet Data centers in Almaty and Astana in 2008. IDC are the centers for data processing, providing wide spectrum of modern info-communication services and allowing to reliably and safely storing large information volumes. Opening of such Internet data centers in oblast centers of Kazakhstan in 2009-2010 is in the plans of Kazakhtelecom JSC. Construction of IDC in Almaty and Astana allow providing hosting in Kazakhstan on accessible and profitable conditions.

Thereby, individuals can place personal Internet sites and legal entities can place personal equipment and Internet projects, promoting business development. IDC infrastructure for realization of “e-government” issues is proposed for state sector.

Within this project iD Free services has been launched for hosting users, which allow freely creating sites of 100 MB footprint. This service will be of a high interest for web-developers beginners.

It shall be noted that implementation of innovation services under iD brand together with other info-communication projects of Kazakhtelecom JSC will promote to further development of telecommunication market of Kazakhstan to the level of the most competitive world countries. At that spectrum of new services and batch solutions under iD brand will be widened in the future.