Latens has announced the opening of a new R&D facility - Global Development Centre, in Hyderabad, India, to reflect its continued growth in the Asian region and expand its global presence and product development capabilities. Latens is the largest content protection company in the field of IPTV with about a hundred customers.
A path-breaking innovation from the Latens team for the broadcasting industry is the creating of technological marvel, DVB-Software Conditional Access in the world, says Rahul Nehra, Asia Director, Latens Systems. He said Latens is one of the few companies offering unified CAS, it offers software CAS for Cable, Satellite, IPTV, Internet TV, DTH, etc. on one platform, unlike the traditional systems which need to have separate systems for each one of them. Latens has already signed three leading players in South Asia, including Reliance DigiCom in the last six months.
Latens continuous investment in the region has been rewarded with recent client and partner deals, including IndieonTechnologies and GoDB Tech. The new operation will allow future growth of the R&D team in Asia which falls in line with Latens' plans in building up a regional hub for its software development.
Latens has identified Hyderabad as their global Hub for development of its range of broadcasting products. This Hub will cater for Global product development for Latens and will be the largest development facility for Latens worldwide.
"Since opening the R&D Centre in Hyderabad in early 2009, Latens has continued to expand the offices and workforce, building on our existing successful team," added Mark Crum, Latens Head of India Operations. He added, "The R&D Centre has been instrumental in designing and developing unique CAS and Middleware software-only solutions for leading global Pay TV operators."
