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[[File:Conax kódkártya-olvasó és MinDig TV Extra ügyfélkártya.jpg|thumb|right|A Conax CAM module manufactured by SMiT]]
'''Conax''' develops [[television encryption]], [[conditional access]] and [[Digital rights management|content security]] for [[digital television]]. Conax provide [[Conditional access system|CAS]] technology to [[pay TV]] operators in 85 countries. The company has offices in Norway (headquarters), Russia, Germany, Brazil, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, China, Singapore, and India, with a 24/7 Global Support Center in India.

Conax stems from [[Telenor]] Research Labs in the 1980s. It was incorporated as a separate company ''Conax AS'' in 1994.<ref>[http://www.conax.com/about-us/history/ "Conax History"]</ref>

In March 2014, the company was sold by [[Telenor Group]] to Swiss-based [[Kudelski Group]] for NOK 1.5 billion.<ref>[http://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/telenor-broadcast-divests-conax-to-kudelski-group-for-nok-15-billion-20140326-00021 "Telenor Broadcast divests Conax to Kudelski Group for NOK 1.5 billion"]</ref>

Conax CAS employs several versions, namely '''Conax CAS 3''', '''Conax CAS 5''', '''Conax CAS 7''', '''Conax CAS 7.5''' and '''Conax Contego'''. Those versions are shared amongst two types of CAM: '''Chipset Pairing''' and '''Generic/Non-Chipset Pairing''' in which compatible TV Smart Cards may not support one or the other.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conax Connect content protection {{!}} NAGRA |url=https://dtv.nagra.com/conax-connect |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=dtv.nagra.com}}</ref> The company also provide DRM-solution for streaming services based on Microsoft [[PlayReady]] and Google [[Widevine]].

A few pay TV operators using Conax conditional access are (alphabetic ordre) : 
*4TV Myanmar
*AKTA Telecom Romania
*[[Allente]] (Norway) (previously Viasat/[[Canal Digital|Canal Digital Satellite)]] 
*[[Antik SAT]] (Slovakia)
*Cignal Philippines
*[[Polsat Box]], [[Platforma Canal+]] and [[Orange Polska]] (Poland)
*[[DigitAlb]] (Albania)
*Digicable India 
*[[Dish TV]] (India)
*DMAX - germany
*[[Focus Sat]] (operated by [[UPC Romania]], later [[M7 Group]])
*HOMESAT (Lebanon)
*Joyne Netherlands
*[[JSTV]] (Europe)
*[[w:id:K-Vision|K-Vision]] (Indonesia)
*Malivision (Mali)
*Mindig TV Hungary
*[[RiksTV]] (Norway)
*SBB (Serbia)
*SitiCable India
*StarTimes Media (SSA)
*[[Telenor]] (Norway and Sweden)
*TeleRed (Argentina)
*TVR Romania
*Turksat KabloTV


Conax is also used by [[Media Nusantara Citra|MNC Media]]'s free to air channels ([[RCTI]], [[MNCTV]] and [[GTV (Indonesian TV network)|GTV]] along with [[iNews]] during sport programmes) and K-Vision to prevent any [[piracy]] or unauthorized retransmission by a Third-parties since 2019.