Conax

Conax is a company that designs conditional access systems for digital television. Based in Oslo, Norway, Conax has subsidiaries in the USA, India and Germany and sales & support offices in Russia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Brazil, and Canada.

Overview

Between 1986 and 1992 the core of Conax was formed as a research team in Telenor's Research and Development department. The technology, including one of the world's first pay-TV smart cards, was put into large-scale operation from 1992. In 1994 Telenor Conax was established as an independent company within the Telenor group.

The company is today owned 90% by Telenor, the leading telecom, IT and media company in Norway and 10% by Telenor Venture II ASA, a new fund of TeleVenture, with its main areas of interest within mobile communications, broadband and new media and internet.

Open and Interoperable by sticking to a non-proprietary and open solution, Conax allows the possibility of “freedom of choice” in technology. This is achieved by:

• A fully open, fair and non-discriminatory licensing policy for STB manufacturers to include support for Conax CAS in the STB
• Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) and OpenCable compliant transmission format
• DVB SimulCrypt compliance on both transmission and receiver (STB) sides
• Detachable security module using an ISO 7816 compatible smart card
• Supply of Common Interface Conditional Access Modules (CAMs) and CableCards (option)
• Using a standard over-the-air STB loader such as the Euroloader or other non-proprietary STB loader controlled by the operator

External links

• Official website