IPWireless launches mobile TV on 3G

IPWireless announced a new solution that allows mobile
operators to leverage existing unpaired 3G spectrum to capitalize on the demand
for mobile TV and other mobile multimedia. TDtv, which combines the performance
advantages of IPWireless' commercial UMTS TD-CDMA solution and the newly
defined 3GPP Release 6 Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Standard (MBMS),
offers operators a number of significant strategic, performance, and economic
advantages over alternative mobile TV solutions. Operators globally have already
committed to pilot the TDtv solution in the first half of 2006.

TDtv operates in the universal unpaired 3G spectrum bands
that are available across Europe and Asia at 1900MHz and 2010MHz. It allows UMTS
operators to fully utilize their existing spectrum and base stations to offer
subscribers attractive mobile TV and multimedia packages without impacting other
voice and data 3G services.

Several operators in Europe are expected to announce TDtv trials in their
1900MHz unpaired 3G spectrum during the first half of this year.

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