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XDSL The mPhase IPTV in a Box(TM) Offer Uses HP ProLiant Servers and
the Linux OS to Help Carriers Jump-Start IPTV Revenues

An executive with mPhase Technologies (OTCBB:), a pioneer in
technology for delivering television entertainment to the home over
telecommunications networks, today said operators in the Caspian
region now have a cost-effective way to launch internet-based TV
(IPTV) services with a specially priced offer.
Speaking at the Caspian Telecoms Conference 2006, Mary K. Whelan,
mPhase executive vice president-marketing and communications, said
that the company has assembled an IPTV in a Box(TM) offer as a
pre-packaged, complete starter kit designed to help telecommunications
providers jump-start the market for revenue-rich video services. The
system runs on high performance HP ProLiant servers and incorporates
pre-configured and tested best-in-class enabling technology for
managing the delivery and provisioning of video-on-demand (VOD)
services down to compatible set top boxes (STBs).
"Telecoms operators in the Caspian region need to drive new
revenues, and IPTV services are an ideal way to do that," Whelan said.
"Our IPTV in a Box offer makes it easy for telecoms to start offering
such services today. Best of all, we have designed the system for
worry-free integration into existing operations systems at a cost of
$500 per subscriber in this special offer through June, 2006."
Whelan told representatives of the Caspian area telecoms and
ministries that the IPTV in a Box offer is well suited for small
deployments in lightly populated areas or grouped in clusters to
launch video services in single or multiple central office IPTV
pilots.
The mPhase TV+ System software manages the delivery of IPTV
service from a video head end to the STB controlling the consumer's
television. The offer includes 1000 consumer kits of Amino set top
boxes and 1000 BestData ADSL2+ modems.
Unlike proprietary systems that lock the telephone company into
its vendors' release schedule and special purpose hardware, the mPhase
TV+ System software relies on an open software architecture and runs
on general purpose HP servers. The mPhase TV+ System has advanced
capabilities for dynamic service creation and provisioning, including
storing and controlling subscriber information and billing
information.
The IPTV in Box offer includes the hardware necessary for a single
central office installation. The "Box" is a 22U rack of HP ProLiant
DL380 and DL360 servers and includes key capabilities from the
following mPhase partners:

-- SkyStream iPlex(TM) head end hardware and software for
encoding TV content

-- Latens Software Defined Content Authentication

-- Entone StreamLiner(R) Network Video Recorder (NVR) software

-- Triveni Digital GuideBuilder(TM) Electronic Program Guide
Software Solution

The mPhase TV + System is built around an innovative cluster
architecture and offers key advantages to telecommunications
providers, including:

-- Improved maintenance environment, with links to
industry-standard operations support systems, including
element management of IP traffic

-- Compatibility with industry standard services creation
environments

-- High degree of reliability to protect against network failover

-- Unprecedented scalability, capable of growing to hundreds of
thousands of users

The cluster architecture enables technical personnel to manage
subscribers, monitor alarm messages and billing information and seek
context-sensitive help across all network elements. Each central
office-based cluster is designed to control and integrate VOD and
program information elements and the video head end encoding systems.
Network planners can distribute the clusters to optimize the load
balancing of the network resources for capabilities like content
distribution. Through this segmentation, technicians can better manage
subscriber demand and establish QoS criteria against failover.
With GuideBuilder(TM) EPG management systems, IPTV service
providers protect and preserve channel identities for use in on-screen
program guides. This on-screen guide provides details of current and
future programs and helps guide users to their program of choice.
Features include program summaries, search by subject or channel,
immediate access to the selected program, reminders, and parental
control functions.
Latens Foundation CAS (FCAS) is an entry level conditional access
system which enables start-ups to launch with a simplified but secure
service without reducing the future functionality of its Content and
Revenue Protection system. Built on the dynamic security system
already accepted by the world's top content owners, it is simple to
install and support, with low start up costs that scale up as an
operator's business develops.
IPTV in a Box is available now. For a quote, interested carriers
should send an email to sales@mphasetech.com.

About Entone Technologies

Entone is a leading provider of standards-based solutions that
uniquely address two revolutionary developments in home entertainment:
on-demand television and in-home multimedia networks. The company's
proven technology enables content providers to reliably deliver a
variety of personal television services, such as video-on-demand (VOD)
and network personal video recording (nPVR). Entone's open and highly
scalable solutions include a content ingest system, an intelligent
asset manager, software-defined video servers, and residential IP
video gateways. Established in 1999 by the team that deployed the
world's first commercial VOD service, Entone's solutions have been
successfully installed at a number of the world's leading video
service operators, such as Consolidated Communications, Lyse Tele,
Pioneer Telephone, PCCW, and Telewest, just to name a few.
Entone is a privately held company with headquarters in California
and global offices in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. The company is
backed by leading venture capital firms and strategic investors such
as BA Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Palomar Ventures, and TANDBERG
Television. For more information about Entone Technologies, go to
http://www.entone.com.

About Latens Systems
Latens is a privately held company based in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, founded by broadcast technology experts. Latens' sole mission
is to provide the industry's leading software-based Content & Revenue
Protection Systems for pay-TV and IPTV operators, as software security
replaces legacy Conditional Access (CA) technology. Latens uses Secure
Software Modules to maximize security and minimize the risk of attack.
Latens technology has the added benefit that it is easily extended to
provide security for the PVR (Personal Video Recorder) and multiple
set-top box homes. Latens business benefits include lower
implementation and running costs, increased business flexibility and
major cashflow advantages. www.latens.com

About mPhase Technologies, Inc.
mPhase Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) develops and commercializes
next-generation telecommunications and nanotechnology solutions,
delivering novel systems to the marketplace that advance functionality
and reduce costs. In telecommunications, the Company's mPhase TV+
platform cost-effectively and reliably delivers television, high-speed
Internet access and telephone service over telephone lines. mPhase
also offers a growing line of innovative DSL component products, such
as the Broadband Loop Watch System, designed to help service providers
lower the provisioning and operating costs associated with DSL. More
information is available at the mPhase Web site at www.mPhaseTech.com.

About SkyStream
SkyStream provides IP video delivery platforms that enable service
providers to transform their business by offering IPTV and MPEG-4
video services. SkyStream's products lower opex and capex costs and
optimize video delivery over any last mile network, and include
zBand(TM) content delivery software, Mediaplex-20(TM) and iPlex(TM)
switched digital video headends and the Source Media Router series of
IP encapsulation solutions. SkyStream is the fastest-growing provider
of IP video solutions with over 300 customers. SkyStream's Web site
can be found on the Internet at www.skystream.com

About Triveni Digital Inc.
Triveni Digital, Inc., a subsidiary of LG Electronics, develops
systems that provide for the management and distribution of data and
metadata in digital television streams and other broadcast and
multicast media. Distribution of this data is mode agnostic thereby
providing for transmission over Satellite, Digital Television, Cable
Television, ATM switches and IP based infrastructure. Visit
http://www.trivenidigital.com for more information.

Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements related to
future growth and earnings opportunities. Such statements are based
upon certain assumptions and assessments made by management of the
companies listed in light of current conditions, expected future
developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate. Actual
results may differ as a result of factors over which the companies
have no control.



KEYWORD: EUROPE NORTH AMERICA NEW JERSEY TURKEY UNITED STATES
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENTERTAINMENT TV AND RADIO TECHNOLOGY CONSUMER ELECTRONICS HARDWARE INTERNET NETWORKS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE SHOW
SOURCE: mPhase Technologies, Inc.


CONTACT INFORMATION:
For mPhase Technologies, Inc.
Sam Gronner, +1 (201) 694 8835


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