PacketVideo Corporation or PV was a San Diego-based company that produced software for wireless

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, including the display of video on mobile handsets. The PacketVideo name wasn't actively used after being acquired by Lynx Technology.

History

PV was founded in

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, California on 10 August 1998 by James C. Brailean, Cheuk Chan, Osama Al-shaykh, Gene Wen and Mark R Banham. In 2003 PacketVideo sold its infrastructure division to Alcatel. In 2005, PacketVideo was acquired in NextWave Wireless. In 2010, PacketVideo became a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo. Corporate parent NTT DOCOMO sold PacketVideo NorthAmerica and Europe to Lynx Technology on 10 May 2015 and the remaining portion, PacketVideo Japan, exactly one year later on 10 May 2016.

Products

PV's customers include mobile operators such as

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, NTT DoCoMo and

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, handset manufacturers, and consumer electronics companies. PV's software is embedded in more than 249 million devices worldwide and more than 248 different products. Major product groups from PV are: *CORE, which provides a universal structure for mobile multimedia applications. CORE is an established framework that can support any media services. *MediaFusion, a white-label client-server software application to develop and launch on-device portals for rich media services. *TwonkyMedia suite of products that connect home entertainment devices.

Locations

PacketVideo has presence in three continents, with its headquarters in San Diego. Major development centers are in San Diego,

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, Charlotte,

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, and

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. Sales and customer support centers are in San Diego, Chicago, Charlotte, Tokyo, Tampere, Nice, and Basel.

Affiliations

PacketVideo is a member of industry forum and consortiums, including the

Open Handset Alliance The Open Handset Alliance (OHA) is a consortium of 84 firms to develop open standards for mobile devices. Member firms include HTC, Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Google, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, T-Mobile, ...

, 3rd Generation Partnership Project, Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum, FLO Forum, International Multimedia Telecommunications Consortium, Mobile DTV Alliance, MPEG Industry Forum,

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, and the Digital Living Network Alliance

References

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