Tokyo and London, February 9, 2005- NEC Corporation (NEC)
announced today it would unveil its World's First High Quality Live
Voice Broadcasting Solution at the 3GSM World Congress 2005 in
Cannes, France. The annual exhibition is to take place from 14 to
17 th February at the Palais des Festivals et des
Congresses.
NEC will showcase a high quality voice broadcasting solution for
Radio Stations and outdoor broadcasters that works on W-CDMA 3G
Mobile Networks using 64kbps circuit witched service.
This solution has been realized by "mobilestudio," the dedicated
high quality voice relay device commercialized by NEC using its
original voice encoding and Voice over IP (VoIP) technology through
licensing of the "high quality voice broadcasting system technology
for broadcasting stations," jointly developed by Nippon Cultural
Broadcasting, Inc., and NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
The products has been in commercial use in Japan on NTT DoCoMo’s
“FOMA(R)” network since 2004. More than 90% of radio broadcasting
stations using Medium Wave for domestic listners in Japan have
decided to introduce the product. This product was used for radio
reporting during the Olympic Games in Athens Greece in August
2004.
The product's features:.
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High quality: NEC has developed an original codec based on the
AAC codec, the latest voice encoding technology, with a high
quality voice broadcasting suitable for broadcast quality at a
transmission speed of 64Kbps:
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Low delay: Low delay transmission at the level that realizes
natural conversation between reporter and broadcast
studio;
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Stability: Stable voice transmission is realized, without sound
gaps or noise.
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High speed: High speed transmission is possible over a
wide-ranging area making use of the FOMA(R)'s 64Kbps data
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Small and lightweight: Small and lightweight, with outer
dimensions of 250 mm (W) x 230 mm (D) x 100 mm (H), 3Kg, and thus
usable hanging from a shoulder harness--so it's easy for anyone to
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User friendliness: anyone can easily operate the system without
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With the above characteristics, there will be no restriction on
broadcasting locations inside 3G areas, such as with locations that
broadcasting station vans cannot enter, or subway station platform
and underground areas, and, in addition, for a world's first, live
broadcasting on the move--such as inside automobiles--becomes
possible. This overturns the old conventional custom of
broadcasting requiring large amounts of equipment and expert
technology staff. Indeed, what this epochal solution makes
practical are broadcasting that impart the sensation of reality,
and relays at emerging scenes like disasters or
accidents--whenever, wherever, in real time, in cost effective
manners.
NEC will continue in the future as well to provide solutions to
the communication and broadcasting sectors for realizing high
quality, low delay and stability through integration of leading
edge networking technology and IT technology.
For more information regarding NEC's activities at 3GSM World
Congress 2005, please see the following URL:
http://www.nec-3gsm.com/
NEC is a total solution provider for 3G and the mobile Internet.
NEC has been involved in every first-stage rollout of 3G systems
worldwide. NEC is also responsible for developing the first 3G
handsets for use on the world's first 3G networks. NEC has
competence in the mobile Internet area with its mobile
infrastructure system, mobile application platform and its
impressive portfolio of contents. NEC's mobile handsets are known
for their prominent technologies including large color screens,
built-in cameras and other functions that make them ideal for use
in mobile Internet.
For mobile internet application system, please visit the NEC
global net at https://www.nec-mobilesolutions.com/application