Thursday, September 25, 2003

RealNetworks Signs Two Asian Mobile Operators

RealNetworks will supply its Helix mobile technology to MobileOne Ltd. (M1) of Singapore and PT Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) of Indonesia. The RealNetworks' Helix mobile technology is an open, multi-format mobile platform that enables operators to stream live and on-demand Internet audio and video content to mobile devices enabled with the RealOne Player or other multimedia-enabled applications. Financial terms were not disclosed.
http://www.realnetworks.comIn February, Hong Kong CSL became the first Asian operator to announce plans to stream mobile video services using RealNetworks' Helix technology.

In June, the Vodafone Group PLC, the world's largest group of mobile operators with a presence in 36 countries, announced it had chosen RealNetworks to provide mobile media delivery technology to power audio and video services for it's new Vodafone live!

In August, Sprint and RealNetworks announced the availability of RealOne mobile for Sprint PCS Vision customers.