Alcatel-Lucent and AuthenTec Enable Portugal Telecom to Securely Deliver Mobile
Video to Android and Apple Smartphone and Tablet Users
PARIS & MELBOURNE, Fla., Jul 23, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Alcatel-Lucent (euronext
paris and nyse:ALU), and AuthenTec (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, Barca 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.
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