Malaysia ran a DMB trial between January and mid-March 2008.  It was a technical trial, organized with support from the regulator: the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).  The trial involved one transmitter on the Kuala Lumpur Tower plus a filler at the MCMC head office in Cyberjaya.  It was broadcast on Band III, Channel 11B and carried two radio services and two TV channels.  Asiaspace was planning an L Band pilot service for the Beijing Olympics in August 2008.

The first edition of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission's Spectrum Plan was released on 1 January 2002. Two Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) systems were identified in the Spectrum Plan, Eureka 147 (DAB) and DRM, and there is spectrum allocation for both.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is the regulator for the converging communications and multimedia industry. There are two main broadcast groups under MCMC, Digital Sound Broadcast (DSB) and Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTT). Both DSB and DTTT have completed their standard submission for DAB and DVB respectively and the standards are now under public scrutiny. DSB proposed DAB & DMB as the DSB standard to MCMC. Due to the current development of DAB+, DSB is proposing DAB+ to the MCMC as an attachment to the previous document. The recent DMB trial results and findings will be used to support the preparation the mobile TV standard by the Mobile TV Working Group.