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Sprint launches streaming services in US

August 17, 2004

Sprint announced the launch of Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services, a service that offers streaming video and audio content available nationwide. The Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phone MM-A700 by Samsung will be the first CDMA device in the United States to deliver streaming audio and video content from familiar sources such as CNN, NBC Universal, FOX Sports, The Weather Channel, E! Entertainment, mFlix, Twentieth Century Fox, AccuWeather and 1KTV.

Consumers using this first-of-its-kind device and service will be able to access more than 600 new streaming video and audio clips every day, covering the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment. The service offers a wide range of content for everyone - from NFL injury reports to red-carpet interviews from E! Entertainment. The launch of this service further fortifies Sprint's lead in the mobile data market.

"Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Services represents a milestone in delivering innovative new ways to connect people to the world around them where they want, when they want, in a dramatically new way," said Jeff Hallock, vice president - Product Marketing and Strategy, Sprint.

"Samsung is the first in the United States to offer a CDMA phone with the processing power capable of delivering streaming content," noted Peter Skarzynski, senior vice president of Samsung's wireless division.

The MM-A700 by Samsung enables customers to listen and view audio/video clips on-demand in real time directly from the phone's 262K TFT full-color screen. The content, decompressed and played on the embedded media player, is directly delivered to the handset from the high-speed (CDMA1X) Sprint PCS Vision network, eliminating the download process and the storage of files on the handset. Video and audio content is streamed to the MM-A700 by Samsung at 15 frames per second (fps).

The 4.2-ounce clamshell MM-A700 by Samsung also features a megapixel camera and digital camcorder, allowing consumers to send/receive hi-resolution images or videos with Sprint PCS Picture Mail and Sprint PCS Video Mail services. Users also will enjoy the added benefit of the MM-A700 by Samsung's Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) quality, providing unparalleled CD-like sound quality when listening to multimedia video and audio content such as Music Tone ringers from Sprint.

Sprint's legacy with mobile multimedia began two years ago with the launch of industry-first technology like 1KTV and Idetic's MobiTV, the provider of live and on-demand multimedia content for wireless networks.