PacketVideo Licenses Its MPEG-4-Based Software to Qualcomm

PacketVideo Corp and QUALCOMM Incorporated announced an agreement to license portions of PacketVideo's pvPlayer(TM) software for inclusion in QUALCOMM's streaming video solution for the MSM6xxx Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) family of ninth-generation CDMA chipsets.

By combining customized modules of PacketVideo pvPlayer embedded software with QUALCOMM's internally developed MPEG-4 codec software, the companies will create the new generation of Qtv(TM) multimedia player, a standards-compliant MPEG-4 streaming video player for mobile devices. Qtv software is being designed and optimized by QUALCOMM and PacketVideo for the MSM6xxx family of chipsets to combine maximum performance with lowest cost.

The Qtv player is a fully integrated software solution for adding high-quality multimedia streaming and playback capabilities to mobile devices. CDMA wireless handset manufacturers can now quickly and affordably add exciting video and visual-messaging capabilities to their products. Qtv software, powered by QUALCOMM and PacketVideo technology, provides advanced multimedia and messaging capabilities to the MSM6xxx family, including support for:

-- Streaming, download and playback
-- MPEG-4 simple profile file video codec format
-- QCELP, AMR and EVRC audio codec format
-- Temporal scalability

QUALCOMM's Qtv player also offers proven interoperability with PacketVideo's pvServer, a leading 3GPP, 3GPP2 and MPEG-4 mobilemedia distribution system, as well as other wireless multimedia video servers.
"In today's intensely competitive telecommunications market, the pressure is on every company to get products to market as quickly as possible," said Dr. James Brailean, PacketVideo CEO and co-founder. "PacketVideo's licensing agreement with QUALCOMM demonstrates that our pvPlayer-based solution provides a significant advantage by enabling manufacturers to enhance the capability, power and value of their chipsets and handsets while accelerating time-to-market."
"The market for mobile handsets is increasingly being driven by high-performance multimedia applications," said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "Our collaboration with PacketVideo on the Qtv solution has enabled QUALCOMM to accelerate the development and deployment of attractive new multimedia features on our MSM6xxx family of chipsets. We're already seeing enthusiastic adoption of advanced multimedia capabilities by CDMA network operators and handset manufacturers around the world."

About PacketVideo Technology

PacketVideo's pv3(TM) Mobilemedia System is a 3GPP-compliant, end-to-end wireless multimedia solution that encodes, delivers and decodes wireless multimedia, video and audio over error-prone wireless networks. pv3 comprises pvAuthor(TM) for encoding content, pvServer(TM) for controlling and delivering rich media, and pvPlayer(TM) for decoding and displaying content on mobile devices. PacketVideo has also developed and launched pvPlayer, pvAuthor, and pv2way(TM) Embedded Solutions that allow mobile-device manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively bring products to market with customized MPEG-4-enabled decoding, encoding and two-way video conferencing capabilities.
PacketVideo Embedded Solutions are licensable integrated building blocks that lower development risks by delivering pre-validated, application-targeted software sub-systems to reduce design and development schedules for the inclusion of mobilemedia capabilities in handsets. PacketVideo's products are compliant with standards and specifications from 3GPP, 3GPP2, MPEG-4, WAP, IETF and other global standards organizations and technical forums.