DRM IOP Testing

Opportunities for growth for content providers and operators

The mobile content market grows year by year. Mobile music alone is expected to be worth around $3 billion, or 10% of the total music market. To gain access to content such as ringtones, full-track music, video clips and other premium files, media companies need to be reassured by mobile network operators that their copyrights will remain secure throughout the whole distribution chain. This is why music files are protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM) based on open standards. Mobile network operators and handset manufacturers are aiming for standard compliance in order to open up attractive mobile distribution channels that maximize technical reach.

One billion handsets: CoreMedia is worldwide no. 1 in mobile DRM

Interoperability testing with the CoreMedia DRM Test Server guarantees the maximal technical reach of devices and services. Currently CoreMedia is the world’s No. 1 in interoperable Digital Rights Management. CoreMedia DRM Test Server is based on the de facto industry standards OMA DRM 1.0 and OMA DRM 2.0. The server functions seamlessly with almost 500 mobile telephones from all major manufacturers, and it's already being used by over 20 operators in Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Vodafone, the world’s largest mobile community, uses CoreMedia DRM for its global service delivery platform Vodafone live!.

CoreMedia DRM leads interoperability

As a driving member of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), CoreMedia supports the creation of open DRM standards and ongoing improvements in the interoperability of a wide range of services, devices and standard software. CoreMedia DRM is the result of this commitment to OMA. CoreMedia DRM has the broadest coverage of all DRM solutions. In order to ensure this outstanding level of interoperability, the CoreMedia development team have created the CoreMedia DRM Test Server: a unique tool that enables regular testing of the compatibility of new mobile devices. The test series has proven to be so remarkably responsive and effective that not only OMA itself, but leading manufacturers and platform vendors such as Discretix now use the reference implementation from CoreMedia DRM to test their prototypes prior to market launch.