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^{Nokia N77 receivers} NSN to build and manage DVB-H mobile TV for Malaysia

Nokia and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd (MiTV) today announced a launch of a commercial mobile broadcast TV service, based on Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H) technology, in Malaysia. The service will go live in the second half of 2007.

Announced at Nokia Connection 2007 in Singapore, and also in conjunction with Broadcast Asia 2007, the agreement is among the first of Nokia's commercial mobile TV service rollouts utilizing DVB-H technology globally. Earlier last year, Vietnam became the first market in APAC to roll out commercial DVB-H services. Also Italy and Finland have commercial DVB-H networks. Nokia is also providing India a commercial mobile TV service.

In the deal, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide MiTV's 018 mobile TV service with an end-to-end deployment process which includes implementation, integration, and application development services. They will also maintain MiTV's infrastructure on a turnkey basis.

Dato IR Hj. Rosman bin Ridzwan, Chairman, MiTV Corporation said: "This latest collaboration with Nokia marks another important milestone in our preparation to launch our high speed mobile 3G service in the second half of this year. With strong industry players behind us in network infrastructure, coverage and other technologies, we are absolutely confident that we can deliver genuinely customer-driven products and services that we believe will bring the work-life balance back into their lives.

The handset for the service will be Nokia N77 multimedia TV – device.

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