Saturday, August 05, 2006
Motorola Licenses SCM Microsystems Technology to Enable Security and E-Commerce Applications in Its Streamaster Multimedia-Processing Platform
Licensing Agreement with SCM Microsystems Will Enhance
Multimedia Devices and Bring Conditional Access Module and
Smart Card Technologies to the Home
SCM Microsystems (Nasdaq:SCMM) today announced that Motorola has licensed its CI pack+ and SmartOS(TM) solutions for integration into the company's popular Streamaster(TM) multimedia-processing platform. SCM Microsystems' technologies enable OEMs who purchase the Streamaster development platform to use any available conditional access PC Card module and/or smart card on a broad range of potential Streamaster-based products, such as set-top boxes.
Renewable and interoperable conditional modules are ideal for accessing interactive digital TV services without adding the burden of service specific development and qualifications to the Streamaster-based products. Smart card connectivity enables easy, secure integration of e-commerce and home banking applications. The integration of the CI pack+ and SmartOS technologies within the Streamaster platform will provide consumers with the convenience of selecting the interactive services they wish to receive as well as an open interface for future services.
"This agreement encompasses two of the key trends that are unfolding in the world of technology today," said Alyxia Do, industry analyst with Frost & Sullivan, Mountain View, Calif. "One of these trends is the convergence of communications, computing and consumer electronics into a new generation of powerful digital set top boxes. These boxes support a rich array of services, ranging from telephony and Internet access, to video and audio entertainment, to home banking and home networking."
"Another trend is the evolution of the smart card into the 'network smart card,' which is a card that serves as the common link between individuals and thebe flexible and powerful enough to support the evolving services and conditional access schemes used by set tcommodate network smart cards' rapid evolution and rich variety of services," she concludes.
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