Nagravision, a Kudelski Group (SWX:KUD) company and an independent provider of value-added content protection solutions and Solaris Mobile, themselves a joint venture of Eutelsat and SES Astra, has announced they are joining forces in the development of a harmonized ecosystem to optimize the delivery of mobile TV and broadband services.
The new solution will be unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2009 to be held in Barcelona on February 16 to 19 in the Solaris booth AV05a and Nagravision hospitality suite, HS02 hall 4, level 4. Nagravision is a market leader in mobile TV content and service protection with a 95 percent market share securing access of its customers’ subscribers to mobile TV services. Solaris Mobile’s first range of services is aimed primarily at broadcasters, telco operators, the automotive industry, as well as data and communication providers and will soon be operating in the new dedicated spectrum S-band, which is located near the UMTS frequencies exclusively reserved for mobile satellite services. With this S-band payload using the DVB-SH (Satellite services to Handhelds) hybrid satellite/terrestrial standard, Solaris Mobile can provide seamless coverage across Europe. By using additional terrestrial base stations, the system reaches into tunnels, urban landscapes, and also indoor locations. The DVB-SH project fits into their broad range of service offerings. The Nagra Mobile TV content and service protection platform already provides all the functions needed to protect the broadcasted services and content in DVB-SH. It is available today as an extension to existing Nagravision conditional access systems or as a stand-alone system. The comprehensive Nagravision mobile solution suite fully supports OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile and Open Security Framework across all industry networks.
