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European mobile digital television trials to be supported by latest low power chip solution from Frontier Silicon

London and Munich, 15th March 2005: At a meeting of the Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien (BLM) starting in Munich today to discuss mobile multimedia services, Frontier Silicon - the leading fabless manufacturer of semiconductors for mobile digital television and DAB digital radio products - will demonstrate a complete mobile digital television chip solution that the company expects to support manufacturers with for the potential roll-out of terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) trials in Germany later this year and rest of Europe eventually. The company said it fully supports the BLM initiative and is working with manufacturers and broadcasters to participate in a pilot project for T-DMB in Bavaria starting within the next few months.

Anthony Sethill, CEO of Frontier Silicon, commented, "One of the biggest issues facing network operators and content providers is how to source mobile TV terminals that make it viable for consumers to watch broadcasts on their handsets without draining the battery too quickly. That is why we have been working with leading manufacturers such as Samsung to drive down power consumption in the handset to the absolute minimum while delivering a state-of-the-art RF tuner and digital baseband chip set."

Today's live demonstration in Munich will be part of a discussion initiated by the BLM to invite participants for its 'DMB-Regensburg' advanced digital broadcasting pilot project. The meeting participants will get a chance to evaluate technical solutions, content, programmes and services, network operation and receivers for end-users, and will include the live T-DMB demonstration featuring the latest chip set announced especially for mobile digital television by Frontier Silicon. Also taking part in the discussions in this two-day event will be organisations from Korea, where mobile handset TV services will begin in June, based on T-DMB. A key component of the handsets to be deployed in Korea for the launch will be the T-DMB solution from Frontier Silicon comprising both RF front-end (the tuner) plus digital baseband processor.

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Editor's notes: About Frontier Silicon

Frontier Silicon is an award-winning company at the forefront of the digital multimedia revolution with a range of semiconductor solutions for mobile digital television, digital TV and digital radio.

The company develops and delivers both the broadcast signal receiver modules and digital processing circuits as individual chips and complete system modules to leading consumer electronics and mobile phone brands.

As a fabless semiconductor business, Frontier Silicon's core products include complete DAB modules, DVB-T solutions, DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) solutions, and the underlying system-on-chip (SoC) devices and receiver chips.

Key customers for the company's products include consumer electronic, automotive entertainment and PDA/mobile phone manufacturers such as Bang & Olufsen, Cambridge Audio, Goodmans, Grundig, Hitachi, Ministry of Sound, Philips, PURE Digital, Roberts Radio, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and TEAC. Frontier Silicon has won a number of awards and its products have also enabled award-winning consumer products. The company's awards include the Fabless Semiconductor Association's start-up to watch award, PricewaterhouseCoopers hottest technology company of 2004 award, the World Economic Forum's technology pioneers to watch 2005, and the Tornado T100 award for one of the best-performing and innovative high-tech private companies.