Motorola ( News - Alert) has entered into a patent license agreement with Coding Technologies, the developer of the MPEG-4 aacPlus audio codec  . Several wireless device manufacturers worldwide including Nokia ( News - Alert), SonyEricsson and LG are licensees of aacPlus.
Widely regarded as the world’s most efficient audio codec, Coding Technologies’ aacPlus is the most sought after audio codec for delivering high-fidelity live and on-demand audio in a range of wireless environments, including cellular, terrestrial and satellite radio and television.
Broadcasters can use the bandwidth efficiency of aacPlus to provide their customers with compelling choices. Content providers can now add additional programming or deliver an enhanced aural experience, such as moving a station from stereo to 5.1 surround sound. aacPlus also provides other additional consumer benefits such as faster content download, start times and lower re-buffering interruptions.
aacPlus is reportedly specified as a mandatory or recommended audio codec in a range of PC, mobile television, Internet and radio standards, including MPEG, ISMA, DVD, DVB , DMB, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and MediaFlo. Thanks to the growing presence of aacPlus devices in the market operators and music distributors can innovate as they introduce digital lifestyle services such as wireless live and on-demand music, mobile television and true-music ring tones to their customers.
“We are pleased to see Motorola increasing its support for aacPlus,” said Oliver Kunz, vice president patent licensing, Coding Technologies.
“This agreement underscores Motorola’s passion to stay on the cutting edge of mobile multimedia,” he added.
Motorola offers a range of aacPlus enabled mobile phones including the recently announced Motorola KRZR and RIZR phone models.
Coding Technologies’ aacPlus audio codec solutions empower global wireless music and television services including, AOL ( News - Alert), KDDI, NTT DoCoMo, REAL, Sprint and XM Satellite Radio. The company estimates that the number of aacPlus-enabled mobile phones sold worldwide approached 200 million units by the end of 2006.
Coding Technologies provides audio compression for mobile, broadcasting, and Internet.
Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.
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