Monday, March 16, 2009

CMMB Commercial Before July

The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) guarantees nationwide commercial trail operation of the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard before July 1, reports China Business News quoting senior SARFT official Wang Lian. Another senior official, Wang Xiaojie, said the service is currently free. CMMB will offer interactive services such as stock information, weather reports and e-magazines and will cover 90% of 337 areas by the end of 2010, according to China Satellite Mobile Broadcasting Corporation Vice General Manager Liu Tingjun.

Previous reports said Shanghai would be the first city to launch a commercial trial of the network, with RMB 20 monthly service packages expected out in March.

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