Alcatel-Lucent & AuthenTec Enable Portugal Telecom to Securely Deliver Mobile Video to Android & Apple Smartphone & Tablet Us...
July 23 2012 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU), and AuthenTec
(NASDAQ:AUTH) are jointly supporting Portugal Telecom (PT) in the
launch of ‘Meo Go!’. The new Meo Go! service enables subscribers of
Portugal Telecom - the largest communications service provider in
Portugal - to use their smartphones and tablets to access content
that was previously confined to their TVs and PCs, including 60
live TV channels and video-on-demand.
The Meo Go! service is available to subscribers using Android,
Apple iOS and Windows-based smartphones and other mobile devices,
and includes features to ensure secure delivery and smooth playback
of a variety of different video content formats. Subscribers can
access programming from a wide range of international channels such
as AXN, Sony Entertainment Television, FOX, Syfy Universal, MTV,
Disney Channel, National Geographic Channel, Eurosport and several
European football club channels such as Benfica TV, Chelsea TV,
Manchester United TV, Barça TV, Real Madrid TV and Inter
channel.
Alfredo Baptista, Portugal Telecom CTO, said: “Delivering live
and video-on-demand content directly to mobile users just like on a
TV was a daunting technical challenge, but thanks to strong support
from Alcatel-Lucent and AuthenTec we were able to launch our new
Meo Go! service on budget and ahead of schedule. Meo Go!
significantly expands the number of subscribers we can reach.”
Nakhle Matta, CSO, Alcatel-Lucent Portugal, said: “Being one of
the world’s leading Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) and multimedia
services integrators with more than 60 successful IPTV projects
around the world, we are uniquely positioned to extend Portugal
Telecom’s IPTV offering to smartphones and tablets. This means that
Portugal Telecom will be able to push its video content to millions
of additional devices across the country, addressing its customers’
appetite for video services at home and on-the-go. AuthenTec proved
to be an ideal collaborator. With their Digital Rights Management
(DRM) solution and strong technical support, we are able to protect
and deliver video content securely.”
Simon Blake-Wilson, Vice President of AuthenTec Embedded
Security Solutions, said: “Our collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent
and Portugal Telecom has resulted in a unique, multi-device
programming offering that frees the mobile user from their PC or
TV. There is growing demand by content providers to securely
deliver their programming to mobile devices. Through our versatile
DRM solution, which is now deployed in many millions of mobile
phones and tablets, we were able to develop a robust and widely
compatible security offering that makes the viewing experience
seamless while keeping high-value program content very secure.”
Visit Portugal Telecom to learn more about the Meo Go!
service.
ABOUT PORTUGAL TELECOM
Portugal Telecom is a global telecommunications operator with
more than 95 million clients worldwide. In Portugal, where it holds
a leading position in the markets in which operates, it provides a
wide portfolio of fixed and mobile services, including broadband
access, voice and television, acting in all segments of the
telecommunications sector: private, residential, enterprise
solutions and wholesale. Portugal Telecom assumes itself as the
Portuguese entity with the biggest national and international
projection, in particular in Brazil and Africa, and has a
diversified business portfolio in which quality and innovation are
determinant aspects, being on the same level of the most advanced
international companies in the sector. Portugal Telecom is ranked
on the Euronext and New York Stock Exchange, as well as on the main
sustainability indexes DJ Sustainability Index and FTSE4GOOD. More
information about the company is available in Reuters via the code
PTC.LS and PT and in Bloomberg via the code PTC PL.
ABOUT ALCATEL-LUCENT (EURONEXT PARIS AND NYSE: ALU)
The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and
governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator
in the field of networking and communications technology, products
and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world's
foremost R&D organizations, responsible for breakthroughs that
have shaped the networking and communications industry.
Alcatel-Lucent is committed to making communications more
sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our
mission - Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.
With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most
experienced global services organizations in the industry,
Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company
achieved revenues of Euro 15.3 billion in 2011 and is incorporated
in France and headquartered in Paris. For more information, visit
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ABOUT AUTHENTEC
AuthenTec is a leading provider of mobile and network security.
The Company's diverse product and technology offering helps protect
individuals and organizations through secure networking, content
and data protection, access control and strong fingerprint security
on PCs and mobile devices. AuthenTec encryption technology,
fingerprint sensors and identity management software are deployed
by the leading mobile device, networking and computing companies,
content and service providers, and governments worldwide.
AuthenTec's products and technologies provide security on hundreds
of millions of devices, and the Company has shipped more than 100
million fingerprint sensors for integration in a wide range of
portable electronics including over 20 million mobile phones. Top
tier customers include Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Fujitsu, HBO, HP,
Lenovo, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Orange, Samsung, Sky, and Texas
Instruments. Learn more at authentec.com or follow us on
twitter.com/authentecnews.
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