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Opera to integrate Discretix Multi-Scheme DRM in its mobile browser

Categories: 3GSM, Announcements, Content
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 at 12:45 PM

Discretix and OperaDiscretix, the leading provider of embedded security and DRM solutions for mobile devices and flash memory, and Opera Software announced that Opera has partnered with the industry-leading Discretix Multi-Scheme Digital Rights Management (DRM) security client for integration with the Opera Mobile browser. Using Discretix’ premium DRM solution, Opera will provide mobile phone manufacturers with support for the broadest range of major DRM schemes, including OMA DRM v2.0, Microsoft WM-DRM 10 and CPRM.

DRM is a key enabling technology for Web browsers today, allowing copyright-protected content to be easily and legally accessed. The Opera browser, renowned for its speed, small memory footprint and exceptional standards-compliance, will offer a state-of-the art DRM solution. In addition to support for all major DRM schemes, along with the flexibility to accommodate new schemes as they become available, Discretix Multi-Scheme DRM also integrates easily into all the most common mobile phone operating systems.

The Discretix multi-scheme DRM creates a solid and reliable technology platform that benefits users and content providers alike, featuring an outstanding level of flexibility, security and high performance. Reinforced by the underlying Discretix security subsystem, the DRM solution conforms to the highest security requirements set down by network operators and content providers.

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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.