Sprint and PacketVideo Collaborate to Deliver Wireless Video Applications to Consumers Via the Sprint PCS Wireless Web

Companies Complete First 'Real-World' Application Testing in U.S.

Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS), the nation's fastest growing wireless service provider, and PacketVideo Corporation, the global leader in wireless media, today announced an agreement to deliver wireless video applications to consumers. This agreement resulted from the market research obtained from the first wireless video consumer trial in the United States, conducted earlier this year by Sprint PCS and PacketVideo.

Based on the success of the month-long trial conducted by the companies and the compelling demand for live applications, Sprint PCS and PacketVideo have agreed to collaborate on the delivery of applications such as live streaming video to the burgeoning U.S. wireless community. These new services, supported by PacketVideo's wireless media technology, will be transmitted over Sprint PCS' all-digital, all-PCS nationwide wireless network and will be accessible using a media-enabled personal digital assistant (PDA) and an Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phone.

"Sprint PCS led the industry with the introduction of Wireless Web last year. Now, via our agreement with PacketVideo, we're taking wireless technology to the next level," said Chip Novick, vice president, Consumer Marketing Strategic Business Unit for Sprint PCS. "As the fastest-growing wireless carrier in the United States, we continuously look for new ways to expand our service offerings. We are excited to pioneer this ground-breaking effort with PacketVideo to enable our customers to receive audio and video delivered over our expansive PCS network."

Later this year, Sprint PCS and PacketVideo will develop several initial commercial vertical market applications that feature live-camera, remote-viewing capabilities. For the business sector, live-camera, real-time security features are a natural product evolution. For the consumer sector, the trial participants embraced PacketVideo's 'Eye-on-My' product, which allows for viewing children at pre-school or performing nanny check-ins, as well as monitoring elderly care facilities or facilitating senior care home surveillance.

"We are pleased to partner with Sprint PCS to drive the wireless media market forward in the United States," said James Carol, CEO and co-founder of PacketVideo. "Through this relationship, we have been able to better understand the network impact of video over wireless, in addition to what types of multimedia service offerings consumers will be the most receptive to purchasing."

Under the terms of the alliance, the companies have agreed to collaborate with handset and infrastructure vendors to make video over wireless a reality. The companies have also agreed to explore additional consumer offerings, including 3G (third generation) applications over Sprint's high-speed (1xRTT) wireless network delivered to a next-generation, media-enabled mobile phone.


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