Dilithium Powers Mobily Live TV and VoD Portal

Petaluma, CA. – January 12, 2009 – Dilithium, the global leader in high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, announced the launch by Mobily (Etisalat subsidiary in KSA) of an advanced 3G Live TV and Video on Demand Portal powered by the Dilithium ViVAS solution.

The Mobily service is accessible to subscribers by dialing the “1488” short-code. Video menus are rapidly displayed, and customers navigate using key presses on the handsets. Channel and menu switching is easy and fast, and subscribers can watch 21 Live TV channels, a wide collection of Video on Demand (14 channels) and music among others. This service launch is an illustration of ViVAS’ powerful capabilities in enabling operators and service providers to rapidly develop and launch Video Value Added Services.

The Mobily service is accessible to subscribers by dialing the “1488” short-code. Video menus are rapidly displayed, and customers navigate using key presses on the handsets. Channel and menu switching is easy and fast, and subscribers can watch 21 Live TV channels, a wide collection of Video on Demand (14 channels) and music among others. This service launch is an illustration of ViVAS’ powerful capabilities in enabling operators and service providers to rapidly develop and launch Video Value Added Services.

“We are very pleased with the quality of the Dilithium Video Portal, and the customer experience. The uptake of the service has been growing rapidly, and we are hoping to extend the Video Portal and add new services.” said Mr. Khalid Al-kaf, CEO of Mobily.

“We are delighted by the addition of the Mobily launch to the growing list of Dilithium solutions success stories.” said Mr. Uno Mehta, SVP of the VAS (Value Added Services) Business Unit of Dilithium.

About Dilithium
Dilithium is the global leader in high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks to any device. Dilithium provides the most comprehensive and innovative mobile video solutions, with unmatched breadth of deployments in 60 countries reaching 1 billion subscribers. Dilithium pioneered 3G video communications and our technologies are deployed by the major network operators, content owners, aggregators and equipment providers.

About Mobily
Mobily is the official brand name of Etihad Etisalat, the 2nd mobile service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Apart from enabling the nation with basic telecommunication services, Mobily also offers a range of innovative and modern services that have served to position the KSA as one of the most advanced nations in terms of telecom services. Mobile users enjoy the benefits of excellent voice and data applications like WAP, GPRS, 3G, MMS, Push to Talk, BlackBerry services and others. Enterprise and individual customers on the fixed-line network also benefit from services such as ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), Frame Relay, VSAT and ISDN. www.mobily.com.sa

For more information contact:
Karen Birnie, Dilithium Networks
karen.birnie@dilithiumnetworks.com / Tel: +1 707 792-3927