{"id":1264,"date":"2006-09-26T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T07:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2006-09-26T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-26T07:48:00","slug":"quintuple-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1264","title":{"rendered":"Quintuple play"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For all the talk about triple and quadruple plays in the telco \/ cable battlefield (choose from wireline phone, mobile phone, internet and TV), there are two Western Canadian telephone companies positioning themselves with a quintuple play &#8211; adding security into the mix of options.<\/p>\n<p>We like the stickiness of security services. For all sorts of reasons, home security monitoring just doesn&#8217;t churn. It is a high margin business, often delivering more than 80% margin, even when the service is completely outsourced. People never seem to switch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mts.ca\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"MTS AAA Alarms\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aaaalarms.ca\/file_source\/AAA%20Alarms\/Static%20Files\/Images\/Homepage_Bundle.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.securtek.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5pt; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"SecurTek\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sasktel.com\/about-us\/news\/company-logos\/images\/logo-125x38-securtek.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mts.ca\/\">MTS Allstream<\/a> has been playing in this area for some time, having acquired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aaaalarms.ca\">AAA Alarms<\/a> back in 1998. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sasktel.com\/\">SaskTel<\/a> has seen success with its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.securtek.com\">SecurTek<\/a> operation since 1999, and is also a major wholesaler of alarm monitoring. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pulver.com\/jarnold\/archives\/2006\/09\/voip_bundles_yo.html\">Jon Arnold<\/a> has recently written about the MTS bundles.<\/p>\n<p>MTS Allstream and SaskTel have also been leading in deployment of IP-TV services. MTS TV has reportedly grabbed 25% share in Winnipeg and has successfully launched High Definition services.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time that other phone companies and cable companies played in this space. With the availability of low cost intelligent, pan-tilt-zoom cameras, it seems to me that there are some interesting opportunities for integration of video monitoring over high speed networks and mobile TV &#8211; perhaps a return to this space by the major carriers. It is a natural bundle with telecom services.<\/p>\n<p>From my days living in US<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">WEST<\/span> territory, I recall a slogan from an advertising poster: <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">In the west, you either make dust or eat dust<\/span>. Watch the west for innovation. We&#8217;ll keep an eye on consumer adoption of the quintuple-play in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/MTS+Allstream\" rel=\"tag\">MTS Allstream<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/SaskTel\" rel=\"tag\">SaskTel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/SecurTek\" rel=\"tag\">SecurTek<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/IPTV\" rel=\"tag\">IPTV<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Mark+Goldberg\" rel=\"tag\">Mark Goldberg<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the talk about triple and quadruple plays in the telco \/ cable battlefield (choose from wireline phone, mobile phone, internet and TV), there are two Western Canadian telephone companies positioning themselves with a quintuple play &#8211; adding security into the mix of options. We like the stickiness of security services. 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