Symmetricom QoE Assurance Division's Principal Technologist Featured Speaker at Mobile TV World Congress 2008
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Dr. Stefan Winkler to Speak on Measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) for Video
SAN JOSE, Calif. - January 22, 2008 - Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), today announced that Dr. Stefan Winkler, principal technologist for Symmetricom's QoE Assurance Division, is speaking at the Mobile TV World Congress 2008 in Paris, France. Taking place January 29 to February 1, 2008 together with the worldwide leading events TVoDSL and International SIP, Mobile TV World Congress is recognized by analysts as a key priority for network operators, as industry leaders worldwide address technical issues, the standardization process, business models, content delivery methods and more for mobile TV.
Dr. Winkler is speaking on Measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) for video. He will discuss the recognized need to perform QoE measurements along with traditional QoS measurements in TV to mobile deployments, as well as the best practices for implementing QoE successfully, all vital for maximizing IP video quality of service and revenues.
WHO: Dr. Stefan Winkler, Principal Technologist, Symmetricom's QoE Assurance Division
WHAT: Presentation on Measuring Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) for video
WHEN: Friday, February 1, 2008 from 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: Conference Centre, Marriott - Paris Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Centre,
17 Boulevard, Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris
One of the world's top experts in digital media quality, Dr. Winkler serves as a principal technologist at Symmetricom's QoE Assurance Division. He was formerly chief scientist and co-founder of Genista Corporation, a provider of quality assurance solutions for IPTV and mobile media. He has also held assistant professor positions at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Siemens, German Aerospace and Andersen Consulting. Dr. Winkler has published more than 40 papers on perceptual quality measurement and is the author of the book, "Digital Video Quality." He has also been a member and contributor of the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) since its founding in 1997. Dr. Winkler holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology in Vienna, Austria and a doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
Symmetricom's QoE Assurance Division provides perceptual video quality monitoring and diagnostic solutions for cable operators, telcos and other CSPs to deliver mission- critical QoE solutions for IP-based switched digital video services. For more information, visit qoe.symmetricom.com.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom provides "Perfect Timing" to customers around the world. Since 1985, the company's solutions have helped define the world's time and frequency standards, delivering precision, reliability and efficiency to wireline and wireless networks, instrumentation and testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, the company's synchronization solutions include primary reference sources, building integrated timing supplies (BITS), GPS timing receivers, time and frequency distribution systems, network time servers and ruggedized oscillators. Symmetricom also incorporates technologies including Universal Timing Interface (UTI), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588), and others supporting the world's migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN). Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com.
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