BellSouth IPTV: watching and waiting?
by Kevin C. Tofel 
posted Jan 19th 2006 at 8:30AM
While SBC and others are launching IPTV offerings in 2006, BellSouth isn't
sitting on their hands. The company is planning for a 2007 launch, which may provide time for lessons learned as well
as strategic partner choices. By mid-year, BellSouth expects to trial IPTV with over a thousand folks. Currently, the
technical trials are "aligned" with the Microsoft TV
platform, but there's no guarantees just yet. Although the company denies it, we're thinking that they're in a
"wait and see" mode to watch other providers using the Microsoft platform.What do you think: smart move for BellSouth to wait or will 2007 show them behind the IPTV curve?
As the convergence race heats up, Microsoft is not sitting on the sidelines, as last week at the 
