Date: 02/02/2011

AuthenTec DRM secures Alcatel OT-980 Android phone

TCL Communication has chosen AuthenTec's DRM Fusion Agent for integration in its new Alcatel OT-980 Android smartphone. AuthenTec's DRM Fusion Agent for Android helps ensure multimedia content protection and monetization opportunities for TCL Communication's operator customers by ensuring seamless access and playback of protected content by OT-980 smartphone users.

"We selected AuthenTec's DRM solution for our Alcatel OT-980 smartphones because of the maturity of their solution, leading market position, and outstanding technical support which included a commercial-grade DRM server provided for validation during our development," said Dr. Wang Jiyang, Senior Vice President of TCL Communication. "AuthenTec was a key technology enabler to address DRM requirements in the OT-980, and helped us to achieve our goal of offering an affordably priced yet feature-rich smartphone for the masses.

"We are very pleased that TCL Communication have placed confidence in our DRM Fusion Agent for Android by selecting it for use in a high-volume phone such as the OT-980," said Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, Vice President of AuthenTec's Embedded Security Solutions, "We continue to gain traction in the market with this easy-to-integrate DRM offering and we look forward to supporting TCL Communication with their worldwide rollout."

The Alcatel OT-980 is an Android 2.1-based smartphone which combines a 2.8-inch touch screen with a QWERTY keypad for enhanced, touch-based functionality. The OT-980 is offered in Europe and Asia and gives users quick mobile access to a range of services including those available from Google including Gmail, Google Talk, and YouTube.