Wipro acquires Nokia’s Mobile TV unit

Submitted by Pankaj Lakhotia on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 20:23

Wipro acquires Nokia’s Mobile TV unitIn a latest development, Software firm Wipro Technologies, has acquired the Mobile Broadcast Solutions, a unit of cellular handset maker Nokia, for an undisclosed sum.

According to an official, the Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution develops software and hardware that enables mobile TV technology on the phone to find and access the broadcasting network.

The 40-employee enterprise is basically a DVB-H (digital video broadcast - handheld) server platform for offering commercial mobile TV services. The company had clients such as KPN, a mobile TV service provider in Europe, and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd in Malaysia for its broadcast solution.

The buyout of mobile TV unit is the second such acquisition of Nokia's assets by Wipro in recent years. Earlier, in 2007, Wipro had acquired the Berlin-based, 58-engineer R&D unit of Nokia Siemens Networks that focused on radio access technologies.


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