German cellular DRM supplier CoreMedia says that it will show a completed 18Crypt OMA mobile TV system at 3GSM. 18 Crypt is the broadcast extension to the OMA DRM system which eliminates the need for frequent online authentications, but which requires a secure location for a private key on the handset.
Coremedia collaborated with NXP Software, NXP Semiconductors, the new name for the freshly independent Philips Semiconductor, as well as Silicon & Software Systems (S3), the Irish specialist that offers an Electronic Program Guide and a reference platform for mobile TV handsets.
As the market has waited for 18Crypt most mobile TV operators have been swayed by their broadcaster partners into taking a TV based conditional access system, usually Nagravision in DVB-H and Irdeto in T-DMB networks, rather than wait.