Verizon Moving Away From Microsoft IPTV Software

So reports WSJ…after numerous fits and starts and speculation about shortcomings in MSFT’s IPTV software, some more details about Verizon’s usage of it is coming out.
Verizon IPTV service has rolled out in small bits in seven states, and MSFT’s IPTV software is an integral part of the box. But during the two years the project has been in development, the phone company became so frustrated with delays and technical glitches with Microsoft’s technology that it replaced some of Microsoft’s personnel and software with its own, according to the story. Verizon now has programmers working on the project at its facilities in Texas and India.
“The Microsoft subject is a touchy one for Verizon, in part because it has a long relationship with the technology company and is a customer for some of its software. Also, because Verizon wants to use some of Microsoft’s patents for its continuing work on TV, Verizon officials are reluctant to publicly discuss its current issues with Microsoft.”
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