India Broadband

India Broadband

Opera Software today announced that IntAct, an Amino Technologies public limited company, will now sub-license Opera’s Web browser technology as a part of its software stack. This pre-integration will enable IntAct-licensed set-top box (STB) manufacturers and operators to integrate the Opera browser into their products more rapidly and efficiently, cutting time-to-market and reducing cost.

As part of this sub-licensing agreement, IntAct will offer Opera-specific IP STB Software Development Kits (SDKs), allowing the Interactive TV development community to write a number of Interactive TV applications that leverage the benefits of the IntAct software stack with the Opera browser. IntAct’s software stack is already pre-integrated with the most popular middleware, conditional access and VOD servers, enabling a substantial reduction in time-to-market for OEMs, silicon providers, and network operators.

“Sublicensing Opera’s Web browser technology means that customers can purchase a software stack that already contains the browser software along with a powerful tool which will allow them to integrate it easily with their customized UIs,” says Karthik Ranjan, VP Sales and Marketing for IntAct. “Buyers can be confident that they are purchasing a proven solution; Opera’s API has already been used to port Opera to millions of devices.”

Opera’s API is a feature-rich, high performance interface that allows developers to integrate Opera with their customized user interfaces and graphical toolkits. “The combination of Opera and IntAct enables operators and set-top boxes manufacturers to deliver the most compelling end-user solutions to market more rapidly,” commented Scott Hedrick, EVP Opera Software. “The IntAct solution including Opera provides an integrated software package enabling IPTV enhanced with full Web surfing and high performance Web application support.”