At 3GSM this week, Enea is touting a broad collection of products aimed at making “third screen” services more reliable. The company's “Accelerator Platform” comprises in-house and third-party products for both ends of the mobile phone market's virtual wire, and targets VoIP, IPTV, broadband Internet, gaming, and streaming video services.

Enea's Accelerator Platform includes several components from partners, including:

• MontaVista, which partnered with Enea on Carrier Grade Linux support in April of 2006
• Kontron, which partnered with Enea last week on AdvancedTCA and AdvancedMC systems pre-integrated with Enea middleware
• Tail-f, which partnered with Enea last month on XML-based software configuration management tools

The Enea Platform also includes some of the company's own products, including:

• Element high availability (HA) middleware framework
• LINX inter-process communications (IPC) services
• Polyhedra high-performance database system

Third screens?

The term, “third screen” refers to the displays of mobile phones, which are fast becoming the most watched screens among consumers. The other two, of course, are TV and computer screens.

According to Virginia Walker, senior VP of corporate strategy at Enea, “Third screen consumers will not tolerate low-quality connections the way that they tolerate dropped calls today.”

An interesting whitepaper about the “third screen” phenomenon, by Enea CEO Johan Wall, is available for download from Enea's website, here.

 
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