Christopher Coles, Myrio CEO
Having labored for Qwest and AT&T Broadband--among others--Chris
Coles, Myrio's www.Myrio.com new
CEO, brings an operator's set of eyes to a vendor position. That, he
says, is an advantage as he tries to sell Myrio's products--and more
importantly, the entire concept of video-over-telephone. "I certainly
enjoy the service provider side of the game, but this opportunity was
too compelling to put aside," he said.
Isn't it an uphill struggle to move telcos into video?
The situation on the telco side for video remains a bit confused. We're
having success with the independent operators; as to when the larger
market situation clarifies, I think it's anybody's guess. It's tied to
the recovery of capital markets and a view by the financial community
that video is an imperative.
Is cable a true triple-play threat or is its current focus on
video-on-demand pushing voice onto the backburner and giving telcos
some breathing room?
It would be unfortunate to view the MSOs as video-focused and VOD as
something that's going to consume them for a while, because I don't
think that's the case. If you look at the valuations that the MSOs are
pulling, there's a pretty substantial piece, perhaps as much as 20% of
their value, that's attributable to cable telephony.
How do telcos deliver video?
I don't see any de-commit from DSL. The beauty of the VDSL solution ...
is that you have symmetric data capability, 1 meg or better. You can
re-purpose the bandwidth from video applications to data applications
and back, as well as voice. Voice becomes incidental, not unlike what
you see in the cable world. You're putting yourself on much more even
footing with the cable operator, sitting in a pure switched digital
environment that affords you the unique opportunity to be able to
direct the bandwidth at a household level.
So you'd prefer VDSL?
We're really an IP video solution. Whether it's fiber-to-the-home or
PON or Gig-E or DFM or VDSL or DSL, we can work across all of those.
The good news for Myrio is we're in a spot where our software is
relevant to whatever solution they come up with, as long as they're
using their own networks.
Will telcos starve their vendors if they wait too long to deploy
these new services?
It's definitely nuclear winter in the telecom sector. There's a pretty
severe sort-out that we're in the midst of. On the other side, most
will weather it and the return of venture funding will continue to
foster companies that are able to create point solutions or next-gen
solutions.
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