T-Com Launches Triple-Play Service, Using Microsoft TV IPTV Edition for Advanced Television

October 17, 2006 - T-Com, part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, has announced the commercial launch of its T-Home service, including advanced TV services delivered using the Microsoft TV IPTV Edition software platform.

T-Home marks T-Com’s entrance to the triple-play era and combines high-speed internet access with IP telephony and IPTV television. The television service claims to offer over 100 free and pay TV channels and an extensive choice of entertainment including video on demand. 

”T-Home stands out by virtue of its top service, convenience, attractive content and future-proof infrastructure. We offer our customers top entertainment at home by using the very latest technology,” said Walter Raizner, Member of the Board of Management responsible for Broadband/Fixed Network at Deutsche Telekom AG. “T-Com has transformed the simple telephone line into a high-performance multimedia platform in no time at all. We are now opening up the modern world of communication, information and entertainment for our customers.”

Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, stated, “When we announced our partnership to  develop next generation TV services earlier this year, I said that Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom would work together to help create a revolution in TV entertainment for consumers across Germany,  and that revolution has started today. With innovative features like high-definition TV, video on demand and digital video recording, T-Home customers in Germany will enjoy an unprecedented entertainment offering at the push of a button. Deutsche Telekom's state-of-the-art high-speed network, combined with Microsoft's innovative software solutions opens new opportunities to broadcasters and TV-consumers alike, making an entirely new television experience possible. But this is just the beginning. TV will change more in the next 5 years than it has in the last 50 in some very exciting ways and Deutsche Telekom is well positioned to lead that change in Germany and beyond.”