Tieto and ST-Ericsson introduce next generation web multimedia for U8500 on Android

PUBLISHED ON: 08 February 2011
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Tieto Corporation PRESS RELEASE 8 February 2011 at 11.00 am EET

Tieto, the leading IT service company in Northern Europe, together with ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, introduce a next generation web multimedia solution for ST-Ericsson smartphone platform U8500 on Android. The solution combines Tieto's Android integration expertise with ST-Ericsson's technology leadership, simplifies mobile web video and allows broader end-user support without sacrificing media quality and performance. The solution will be launched at the Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona.

The next generation mobile web multimedia showcases high definition WebM video support on Android on the U8500 reference platform. The solution is reaching high definition quality by leveraging ST-Ericsson's WebM video decoder, optimized for advanced dual-core CortexA9 CPU, and the video rendering capability of U8500.

Edgar Auslander, Senior Vice President of strategic planning at ST-Ericsson says: "Our goal is to give our software partners the powerful and flexible hardware platforms they need to create groundbreaking applications. By combining Tieto's considerable Android expertise with the power of our leading-edge smartphone platform, we have turned watching web-based video into a compelling and immersive experience."

Mika Yletyinen, Head of Connected Devices at Tieto says: "The combined expertise of ST-Ericsson and Tieto enhance the mobile phone user experience, and the device manufacturers will get complete and optimized mobile web multimedia support for their products. Tieto has been an integration and development partner of ST-Ericsson for several years and our latest showcase of web multimedia extends this successful partnership. We are committed to working towards the advancement of mobile multimedia with them."

"IT is increasingly packaged and consumed as a service. Our strategy drives for higher differentiation and specialization and going forward, more focus is placed on productizing our high value adding services and offerings," Mika Yletyinen sums up.

ST-Ericsson and Tieto at the Mobile World Congress:
- Visit ST-Ericsson's exclusive Partner Zone (stand E69 Hall 7)
- To find out more about Tieto and see additional demos, visit Tieto's booth at F25 in Hall 1.

For further information, please contact:

Emmanuel Maillard, Customer Executive for ST-Ericsson Global Account, Tieto
Phone +33 6 85 71 38 88, Emmanuel.maillard@tieto.com

Mika Yletyinen, Head of Connected Devices, Tieto
Phone +358 400 452 870, mika.yletyinen@tieto.com

 

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