LITTLE FALLS, N.J. -- mPhase Technologies (OTC: XDSL - News) is participating at this week's Infocom 2005 as part of a showcase of software and hardware now available to Russian network operators. The event is being held at the Krokus Expo exhibition center near Moscow.

The mPhase TV+ System takes advantage of broadband access technology, developed by Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, for high-speed Internet data access. The IPTV solution enables telephone companies to reap additional revenues from television and data services, including video-on-demand that subscribers can order for an additional fee.

The mPhase TV+ System features a comprehensive As You Like It(TM) services creation platform that takes advantage of IP addressing of the set top box provided to each subscriber. The system is highly customizable with open interfaces to standard web-based development platforms for delivering a range of broadcast streams, video on demand, and locally-developed content, including carrier promotional information and advertising.

The Bell Labs-designed software architecture of the mPhase TV+ System uses standard interfaces to existing phone company operations support systems (OSS), including maintenance and billing functions. The mPhase TV + System is built around an innovative cluster architecture that manages subscribers, monitors alarm messages and billing information and gives operators a view into all network elements. Each central office-based cluster is designed to control and integrate the video streams coming from the video head end encoding systems and integrates video-on-demand and program information software and hardware systems.

Network planners can distribute the clusters to optimize the load balancing of the network resources for capabilities like content distribution. Through this architectural design, network planners can better manage subscriber demand and establish quality of service criteria including failover strategies.

The mPhase TV+ System enables telephone company technicians to add and customize new capabilities. For example, the optional electronic program guide displays Cyrillic characters and is customized for the Russian market with Russian language technical support.

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