Country Information for DAB, DAB+ and DMB - Malaysia
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Country Update from Malaysia
10-06-2009
Asiaspace is currently conducting a DMB trial in the L-Band, which has 3 transmitter sites in the Klang Valley. The trial will test both video and audio services as well as data applications, which began in May 2009. The devices being used in the trial include Portable Media Players (PMPs) and In-Car DMB devices. Radio Television Malaysia (RTM) is now looking forward to launching a two year DAB, DAB+ and DMB trial which will broadcast 15 audio channels and two multimedia video services later this year.
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Last update: 03-09-2008
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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.
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Last update: 23-06-2008
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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.