PacketVideo Conducted Mobile Multimedia Trial With China Mobile in Guangdong Province.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2001 PacketVideo Corp., the recognized leader in software for the delivery of rich media over today's wireless networks, today announced it has successfully conducted an end-to-end wireless multimedia trial over Guangdong Mobile Communications Corporation (GMCC GMCC Grant MacEwan Community College GMCC German Mid Cap Conference GMCC Global Monitoring for Climate Change GMCC Ground Mobile Command Center GMCC GNAS Maintenance Control Center (FAA) )'s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. ) network. GMCC is China Mobile's largest provincial operator serving over 14 million subscribers. In China, and many other leading mobile markets in the world, the current Global System for Mobile Communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. (GSM) networks are quickly being upgraded to support the GPRS technology. The higher data transmission rates of GPRS offer mobile users enhanced services with multimedia capabilities. "China's phenomenal growth rate and huge base of over 100 million mobile subscribers presents enormous opportunity for our advanced wireless services Advanced Wireless Services, also known as AWS-1, is a wireless telecommunications technology, used for mobile data services, video, and messaging. AWS-1 is used in the United States and replaces the spectrum formerly allocated to Multipoint Multichannel Distribution Service, ," said Greg Park, general manager of PacketVideo Asia/Pacific. "We look forward to enabling GMCC to deliver mobile multimedia services to Chinese consumers and corporate users on the go." The trial was based on PVPlatform(TM) 2.0, an end-to-end system that enables the delivery, management and viewing of rich media over wireless networks. PVPlatform is capable of delivering high quality audio, video, rich graphics, and animation at low transmission rates over error prone mobile environments for applications such as access to movie theater schedules and previews, weather and traffic reports, and home or business video surveillance. About PacketVideo PacketVideo, the recognized leader in software for the delivery of rich media over today's wireless networks, provides standards-based products that enable the distribution of one- and two-way video, high-quality audio, animation and graphics over wireless networks to mobile devices such as telephones and personal digital assistants. The company enables the entire wireless industry to benefit from the added value of advanced rich media services. PacketVideo's investors include Comverse Technology (Nasdaq:CMVT CMVT Converse Technology ), Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , GE Equity (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GE), Intel Capital (Nasdaq:INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ), Kyocera (NYSE:KYO), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Philips (NYSE:PHG), QUALCOMM (Nasdaq:QCOM), Siemens' Mustang Ventures, Sony Corp. of America (NYSE:SNE), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW), Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN), AOL Time Warner (NYSE:AOL) and others. To learn more, visit www.pv.com. PacketVideo and PacketVideo product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of PacketVideo Corporation. All other trade names and trademarks are the property of their holders. |
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