KPN Chooses Bluestreak Technology to Deliver 3G Mobile TV Client
Thursday, September 27th, 2007MONTREAL, Canada and THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Bluestreak Technology, the developer of the MachBlue™ platform for mobile phones and digital television, will provide its MachBlue Mobile solution to support KPN’s start of mobile TV by offering MobielTV. This service will be free of charge to early adopting customers until the end of 2007.
Bluestreak Technology will deliver the application for MobielTV on the KPN 3G network.
The agreement, already signed by KPN and Bluestreak Technology, shall provide end users with the MachBlue Mobile solution. The new mobile TV service will further enhance the delivery of value added services and rich media content to KPN.
The service will provide Bluestreak Technology with an additional key stepping stone towards its ability to deliver rich media applications developing new customer services.
MachBlue Mobile is a platform for mobile phones that enhances unique user interfaces and user experiences. MachBlue’s cross-platform capabilities bridge the gap between different makes and models of handsets, making it possible for mobile operators and device manufacturers to create a customized and branded user experience that is uniform across all devices.
Peter Westgeest, Director Hardware KPN Mobile at KPN commented: “By investing in Bluestreak Technology solutions we’re able to create an engaging and dynamic mobile TV offering, which is set to revolutionise customer interaction with mobile multimedia services. We are impressed with MachBlue Mobile ability to create dynamic, branded mobile TV services.”
Laurence Fornari, Bluestreak Technology’s Vice President for Mobile Sales in Europe commented: “We’re delighted to be working with KPN, a company renowned for offering high-quality, reliable services to enrich its customers’ work and leisure time. This announcement confirms Bluestreak Technology’s ability to deliver high quality rich-media content and services to mobile phones.”
MachBlue Mobile implements a subset of the Flash® 7 specifications, supplemented with the MachBlue Mobile API enabling enhanced handset control and integration.
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