Microsoft IPTV made available to smaller telecom companies

Petaluma telecom equipment maker Calix Networks has secured a deal with Microsoft to offer Microsoft’s Internet TV platform on its access system, Calix said Wednesday. Calix will license Microsoft’s Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia software to operate on Calix’s network equipment. Calix sells to smaller telecom carriers, so the deal gives the smaller players a chance to quickly deploy IPTV, reports the Santa Rosa Press Democrat Microsoft’s IPTV platform is currently being deployed by AT&T and a dozen other carriers using equipment from Alcatel-Lucent.