Zappware was back this week with another hybrid cable-IP deployment announcement at its flagship operator customer A1, this time in Austria – expanding from November’s upgrade in Bulgaria. Like other operators before it with inherent fragmentation issues, A1 Telekom has embarked on a unification strategy of its operations in recent months – spanning 25 million total RGUs. As an advocate of the Belgian video software vendor Zappware, A1 has added the Nexx 4.0 TV Platform at its Austrian subsidiary – marking the arrival of the A1 Xplore TV service in country number two of seven A1 European territories. We believe A1 Telekom’s end goal is to launch A1 Xplore TV across six of its seven total subsidiaries, gradually going live…