Nokia and MiTV to Launch Mobile TV in Malaysia

Press Release - June 19, 2007

The world’s leading cell phone maker, Nokia, has announced a partnership with Malaysian pay-TV and wireless operator, MiTV Corporation, in which the two companies will launch a DVB-H-based mobile television service by the end of this year.

The Malaysian deployment will be one of Nokia’s first commercial mobile TV deployments to use DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld) technology.

“This marks the beginning of exciting times in the Asia Pacific broadcasting industry, bringing digital television to consumers’ pockets and ushering in a new era of personal interactive entertainment,” commented Andrew Cheong, Nokia’s general manager for Malaysia.