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Press
Release
Wiz4Com selects Beep
Science Digital Right Management (DRM)
Wiz4Com
chooses Beep Science DRM solution for its global OEMs customers
Le
Mans, France and Oslo, Norway – July 18,
2006 – Wiz4Com, a leading independent
Design House and Beep Science, a leading provider of mobile DRM software, today
announce Wiz4Com selects Beep Science to provide its DRM technology. Under the
agreement Beep Science will provide open industry standard OMA DRM agent
software to Wiz4Com.
Wiz4Com,
a leading independent Design House with global and regional OEMs customers
established on operator and retail markets, has selected Beep Science, a
leading provider of mobile DRM software, as their DRM technology vendor. Under
the agreement Beep Science will provide open industry standard OMA DRM agent
software to Wiz4Com for its mobile platform used by major handset
manufacturers. Wiz4Com also announces that the DRM
enabled devices with Beep Science DRM agent embedded software will reach the
market in Q3 this year, helping Wiz4com to strengthen its product portfolio
towards operators market.
“We are
pleased to announce our selection of Beep Science as our DRM technology
provider. Beep Science has proven DRM technology and mature products meeting
our customers’ requirements. Beep Science has also proven their leadership in
DRM through their software architecture and project engineering capabilities,
securing easy and efficient software implementation in customer projects,” says
François Saint-Lu, Software Director at Wiz4Com.
“We are pleased to enter into a
partnership with Wiz4com, the only independent Design House with a local
presence on operators market where DRM has most of its appeal. The on-schedule
and smooth implementation of our OMA DRM solution on Wiz4Com’s mobile software
platform proves the portability of our solution,” says Jan Rune Hetle, CEO at
Beep Science AS.
The DRM solution provided by Beep Science is fully
compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) industry standard. The Beep
Science DRM Agent supports all content types, major operating systems and
chipsets, paving the way for a healthy digital content ecosystem across devices
and platforms. The Beep Science DRM Agent can be implemented on all types of connected devices
for downloading and consuming DRM protected contents from online services.
About Wiz4Com
Wiz4com
Technologies SAS is a leading provider of end-end solutions for wireless
handsets and related technologies, from the product definition stage to the
product End of Life. The company not only designs and develops mobile phones,
but also manages supply chain, new product introduction, after sales support,
field test and certification.
Wiz4com has over
220 professional staff worldwide and established mobile phone design &
development centers and sales offices in Europe and Asia. Over 27.5 million
wireless handsets based on its designs have been shipped to date all over the
world and distributed through both Operator and Retail channels, carrying major
global and regional brands.
For further information, please visit www.wiz4com.com.
About Beep Science AS
Beep Science
AS is a leading provider of Mobile Digital Rights Management software
solutions. Founded in 2000, the company represents one of the largest
specialist resource centers in mobile DRM technology. Beep Science’s head
office is in Oslo, Norway, and has offices in San Francisco, USA and Szeged,
Hungary. Beep Science’s customers include world-class brands in media and
telecom in Europe, Asia and America.
Beep Science
is an independent software vendor providing client and server side DRM software
products based on open industry standards. Beep Science DRM products support
any content format, media player, operating system, device, network, and
content delivery platform. Beep Science partners with leading technology providers,
infrastructure vendors, and software integrators in customer projects for
end-to-end solutions.
For further information, please visit www.beepscience.com.
Press Contact
Wiz4Com:
Harry Malka, VP Sales & Marketing
Phone : +33 2 53 04 66 49
Mail : harry.malka@wiz4com.com
Beep
Science AS:
Sissel Henriette Larsen, Marketing Director
Phone: +47 932 88 888
Mail:
sissel@beepscience.com