As telecommunications and multimedia become more advanced but also more common in our lives and easier to use, Triple Play is a term you’re going to hear more and more. What exactly does it mean?

Simply put, Triple Play is the term used when telephone, high-speed internet, and digital television services travel into your home over a single broadband connection. Until now, the three have generally been separate, each with its own dedicated line. But ever-faster network connections and the popularization of digital media have brought them together, enabling you to chat with your friends, watch regular programming or on-demand video, and surf the web or receive e-mail through just one line.

This single-connection simplicity is one of the most obvious benefits of Triple Play, but it offers other exciting features that will make the living room the communication and entertainment hub of your entire home. You can make inexpensive calls to friends and family and talk to them face-to-face using your TV – or even from your video-enabled cordless handset while relaxing outside. Downloading your choice of high-fidelity music or feature films and streaming them to any room in the house is as easy as pressing a button.

At this year’s CeBIT exhibition, which runs from 9th to 15th March in Hanover, Germany, Siemens will be showcasing a new range of Gigaset solutions that make Triple Play even more exciting.

To find out more about Gigaset and CeBIT 2006, go to Gigaset Home.