Acotel Group and NDS Develop Secure Mobile Content Download Service for Mobile Operators and Media Companies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 3GSM World Congress 2004 Stand H27, Suite M33 CANNES, France & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 3GSM Cannes, Stand H27, Suite M33 - NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services (Nasdaq:NNDS NNDS Norsk Nettverk for Down Syndrom (Norway) ): Highlights: -- The service to be based on Acotel's mobile multimedia delivery platform and NDS's OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. compliant Mobile DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M solution -- Service to be launched at 3GSM in Cannes -- Operators will be able to either buy and deploy the service or to provide it as a managed hosted service -- The service will offer premium content, security and controlled super-distribution Acotel Group, a leading provider of multimedia platforms and services to mobile network operators and media companies and NDS, a News Corporation company, and a leading provider of technology solutions for digital pay-TV, are jointly launching a new service for mobile operators and media companies. This new service is the first result from an agreement signed between the two parties and offers the secure download and streaming of any kind of mobile content to Symbian and Java mobile handsets. The service allows the end-user to browse, search, select and download, or have on line streaming, of content like music and music related content to be viewed or played on their mobile phone. Content will include polyphonic The ability to play back some number of musical notes simultaneously. For example, 16-voice polyphony means a total of 16 notes, or waveforms, can be played concurrently. ringtones, wallpaper, music clips and short video clips. The service also includes the download of news items in text format. End users will access the service through a service provider that will deliver the content and provide the user with a single, easy to use interface through to the content. The service provider can be branded to the operator or to a managed host. The delivery mechanisms from Acotel Group to the end-user will interface with NDS's OMA compliant Mobile DRM system, based on NDS's worldwide VideoGuard(R) conditional access Conditional Access (acronymized CA) is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television. security reputation. NDS has developed the DRM server capable of encrypting/protecting the delivered content, and in cases, where required, generate a User Ticket for the user handset. Content will only be enabled on the user's mobile phone in a protected manner through the NDS DRM server. In this way peer to peer (i.e. family to family, or friend to friend) content exchange is permitted in a controlled way and additional revenues secured. The user may download any of the above content directly to their phone via the mobile network or onto their PC, via the internet, and then transfer the content from PC to their phone via infrared, Bluetooth or data cable. The PC will only be a storage place for the user's content and the user will be able to copy content from the PC to their phone. About Acotel Group Acotel is a leading provider of multimedia platforms and applications to mobile network operators and media companies around the world. Through its customer base, Acotel Group services more than 35 million end users and enabled 340 million paid text and multimedia messages in 2002. Founded in 1992, Acotel Group operates in 20 countries and is publicly traded on the Milan Stock Exchange Milan Stock Exchange The largest regional stock exchange in Italy, facilitating more than 90% of the country's trading volume. . Acotel Group customers include IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Orange, Radio Hit Channel, Telecom Italia Mobile TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) is Telecom Italia's mobile phone brand, and runs a GSM, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA network in Italy and a GSM network with EDGE in Brazil. In Europe, TIM is part of the FreeMove alliance. TIM Peru was sold to América Móvil and rebranded Claro. , Tiscali and Vodafone. For more information visit www.acotel.com About NDS NDS Group NDS Group plc is a DRM and conditional access firm. It is listed on the NASDAQ (symbol NNDS), but its major shareholder is News Corporation. The company is headquartered in West Drayton (near Heathrow), United Kingdom. The CEO of NDS is Abe Peled. plc (NASDAQ/Euronext Brussels:NNDS) is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital pay TV solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes and IP devices. See http://www.nds.com/ for more information about NDS. Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This document contains certain 'forward-looking statements' with the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based on management's views and assumptions regarding future events and business performance as of the time the statements are made. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. More detailed information about these and other factors that could affect future results is contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 'forward-looking statements' included in this document are made only as of the date of this document and we do not have any obligation to publicly update any 'forward-looking statements' to reflect subsequent events or circumstances. |
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