NDS to triple Chinese investment

NDS is to triple investment in China. The conditional access and middleware specialist said it would invest heavily in China with new appointments and facilities to meet the growing demand for digital TV services in the country. It aims to expand partnerships with local businesses, including consumer electronics and chipset vendors, application developers and systems integrators.

Earlier this year, NDS announced it had increased its headcount by 73% in China in 12 months. Staff numbers will increase further in 2010, it said, with local appointments as well as the relocation of existing NDS R&D resources from India and Israel.