Gemalto and Nagravision Achieve A World’s First By Demonstrating An End-to-End OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile Interoperability Solution

Nagravision and Gemalto first to successfully demonstrate interoperability between head-end equipment and a Mobile TV card in full compliance with the OMA BCAST SCP 1.0 specifications Nagravision’s OMA BCAST SmartCard Profile head-end solution is available today and Gemalto’s one will be available early 2008 providing all the functions needed to protect broadcasted service and content.

Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, and Gemalto announced today that they achieved a world’s first by demonstrating a fully operational, end-to-end OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile 1.0 Solution for mobile TV services.

At the OMA TestFest 21, held in Bled (Slovenia), from November 9th to 16th, the companies implemented the first ever integration and testing of the complete value chain of products from the head-end to the consumer device. The successful demonstration of interoperability between Nagravision head-end equipment and Gemalto Mobile TV cards was tested and verified to be in full compliance with the OMA BCAST SCP 1.0 specifications.

The OMA BCAST smartcard profile is an open standardized SIM-based service protection system defined by OMA members including mobile operators, device and network suppliers, and content providers.

Jean-Luc Jezouin, senior vice president Mobile TV business unit at Nagravision said: “We are building on our clear leadership in mobile conditional access, demonstrated by our current 95% market share in DVB-H users worldwide using the DVB OSF standard, and we continue to lead the market by delivering the first products that are fully compliant to the OMA BCAST specifications. Through this collaboration with Gemalto, we are actively participating in the launch of the mobile TV business and can further assist operators by helping them protect and make money from the content delivered. At TestFest 21, Nagravision demonstrated the most advanced OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile head-end platform, performing all tests covering the entire mobile TV value chain. The product is now available for shipment to our customers.” “Gemalto has successfully performed the end-to-end testing and integration of its Mobile TV card with the Nagravision Head End server; it is a first in the world and Gemalto achieved it” comments Gabrielle Bugat, senior vice president Mobile TV Business Group at Gemalto. “Gemalto SCP cards will be available by early 2008 and will fully comply with the OMA BCAST specifications. The Mobile TV cards will be bundled with a unique maintenance service that allows USIM-based software to be updated at any time to maintain a constant high level of security and implement new functionalities.”

OMA believes that interoperability is critical to ensure the commercial success of mobile data services, including those delivered by 2.5G and 3G networks.

Consequently, the OMA interoperability process (IOP) was established around the concept of regularly held Test Festivals, now called OMA TestFests. Hosted by the OMA, member companies, like Nagravision and Gemalto can bring their implementations to test in multiple cross-vendor combinations. OMA TestFests are designed to have a dual purpose by ensuring the quality of OMA specifications and enabling vendors to verify and test the interoperability of their product implementations.

For the first time, Nagravision and Gemalto OMA BCAST Smartcard Profile solutions were successfully tested, providing all the functions needed to protect broadcasted service and content. Solutions can be configured as extensions to existing Nagravision conditional access integrations or as a stand-alone platform.

The solution will be showcased at the 2008 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (11-14 February 2008) at Nagravision hospitality suite 4.4HS02 and on Gemalto booth 8 A 102 (Hall 8).