ZTE wins Turksat STB contract
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Rebecca Hawkes
| 28 June 2017

Turksat has selected Chinese communications technology giant ZTE to provide digital hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) for its direct-to-home (DTH) and cable operations.

Turksat operates satellites for customers across Asia and Europe, as well as a cable TV and Internet service within Turkey. It has more than 1.5 million TV subscribers in its homeland.

The contract, confirmed before MWC Shanghai 2017, will see ZTE provide its stable and high performance digital video broadcasting cable (DVB-C) and over-the-top (OTT) hybrid STBs to aid the acceleration of digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting in Turkey.

“ZTE’s stable STBs will help Turksat develop the region’s digital TV industry and provide a clearer and more reliable video experience,” the Shenzhen-based company said in a statement.