"MobiTV is strongly
committed to a significant and ongoing investment in research and
technology development to support the very latest wireless network
technologies, and our service integration with WiMAX is a true
industry-first," said Dr. Phillip Alvelda, CEO, chairman and co-founder
of MobiTV. "This technology is powerful two-way and interactive wireless
technology that will transform the television industry."
"We are delighted to have MobiTV join the WiMAX Forum ecosystem as a key
member helping drive the development of new multimedia applications that
satisfy the demands for personal broadband services by consumers around
the globe," said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMAX Forum. "MobiTV is a
pioneer in delivering mobile television and other multimedia content,
and we look forward to their contributions as the industry works to
create content-rich and high-bandwidth mobile services that will be
possible with mobile WiMAX Forum Certified(TM) products."
The Northern California based Proof of Concept network will provide an
environment to evaluate a variety of mobile WiMAX applications,
including mobile television broadcast, video-on-demand, navigation and
general network access. A second Proof of Concept network will be
deployed in Taipei, Taiwan under the direction of the National Taiwan
University.
"We have been working in partnership with several leaders in the
wireless and technology industries to support this new network solution
at MobiTV," said Ray DeRenzo, vice president of business development for
MobiTV. "By participating in the WiMAX Forum and helping lead the task
group for mobile television, we are confident that MobiTV will
contribute to the success of this standard, and more importantly the
rapid deployment of this powerful technology."
WiMAX and mobile WiMAX are the latest extensions to MobiTV's portfolio
of supported network technologies, with features designed to support all
of the key components that make mobile television viable to consumers
and carriers alike. Those key features and benefits of the MobiTV
service for WiMAX and mobile WiMAX include:
- Smooth integration with, and natural
extension to existing service infrastructure
- Efficient full-duplex bi-directional
delivery with full transactional capabilities
- Superior data delivery performance
for full-motion video (due to its advanced IP based architecture)
- Support for a combination of Unicast
and Multicast delivery models for optimal network utilization
- Full interactivity; which includes
m-commerce, voting and other capabilities consumers, carriers and the
advertising community wants
- Targeted national, regional, and
local advertising
- There are no channel line-up
limitations with WiMAX
- Increased channel change speed
- Broad client device support
including; mobile phones, PDAs, laptops, set top boxes and more
(radios in mass market devices)
- Broad industry support and
open-standards based
- Support for the rapid deployment of
new applications and services (extensions to the MobiTV service) at a
low incremental cost
The WiMAX Forum is the exclusive
organization driving the industry forward and is leading the global,
open ecosystem that it has built along with its 385+ member companies.
Collaboratively, the WiMAX Forum is aggressively pursuing programs to
assure certification and interoperability of mobile WiMAX products,
global roaming, interworking to complement existing voice networks,
development of applications and services optimized for WiMAX, and the
promotion of WiMAX products worldwide.
About WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit corporation formed to
help promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of
broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN
wireless MAN specifications. The forum's goal is to accelerate the
introduction of these devices into the marketplace. WiMAX Forum
Certified(TM) products will be fully interoperable and support
Metropolitan Broadband Fixed, Portable and Mobile Applications. For more
information about the WiMAX Forum and its activities, please visit
www.wimaxforum.org .
About MobiTV
MobiTV, Inc. ( www.mobitv.com ) is leading the convergence of
television, film and music content across the mobile and personal
computing markets. The Emmy® Award winning service has more than one
million subscribers and offers popular TV and digital radio channels
from top labels, networks and cable providers. The MobiTV® service is
available in; the US through AT&T, Sprint, Cingular, Alltel; the UK
through 3UK and Orange; in Canada through Bell Canada, Rogers and TELUS
Mobility; in Latin America through America Movil, Claro and Telcel; and
other regional carriers internationally. Founded in 1999, MobiTV is a
privately-held company headquartered in Emeryville, CA.
NOTE: WiMAX, WiMAX Forum, WiMAX Forum logo, WiMAX Forum
Certified, WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of WiMAX Forum, Inc. MobiTV and the MobiTV logo are
trademarks, service marks, and/or registered trademarks of MobiTV, Inc.
in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks,
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