Factum Electronics receives orders for DAB+ encoders

Factum Electronics receives orders for DAB+ encoders

Factum Electronics AB, the world-leading supplier of digital multimedia
broadcasting equipment, today announced that it has received several orders for
its new DAB+ audio encoder, MAP250.

“The introduction of the MAP250 has been well received by broadcasters and it
has generated interest from across the world. Factum has already started its
deliveries to Commercial Radio Australia in Australia, TELEKO, s.r.o. in the
Czech Republic, T-Systems in Germany, and RTL 102,5, Club DAB Italia and another
network operator in Italy,” says Kenneth Lundgren, Managing Director, Factum
Electronics AB. 

“Australian broadcasters have also announced that they will adopt the new DAB+
standard for the planned roll-out of digital radio. DAB+ is expected to be used
in a number of other countries where it is currently undergoing trials, such as
China, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Malta and Malaysia,” continues
Kenneth Lundgren.

DAB+ is an enhancement of the Eureka 147 platform using advanced audio codec
(AAC+) and was officially approved by the international standards body ETSI in
February 2007. DAB+ is up to three times more efficient than the original
standard.

“We see DAB+ as the best solution for launching new digital radio services in
Australia. It gives radio stations more choice in how they can use their
allocated bandwidth.  Each broadcaster will have the possibility to deliver
either superior audio quality, split their signal to offer two or three audio
channels, or broadcast a combination of better than FM quality sound plus lots
of associated data such as text or images,” says Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial
Radio Australia.
“DAB provides a better digital radio experience for listeners and by using DAB+
the broadcasters will now be able to adopt the latest, most spectrum efficient
technology in the world for the roll-out of digital radio services. DAB+ offers
much more efficient compression, which means that more stations can be broadcast
on each multiplex, resulting in lower transmission costs per station,” says Hans
Runesten, Chairman of Factum Electronics AB and CEO of Effnet Holding AB.

For further information, please contact:
Hans Runesten, Chairman, Factum Electronics AB and CEO, Effnet Holding AB,
+46 8 564 605 50, +46 70 280 26 26, hans.runesten@effnet.com
Kenneth Lundgren, MD, Factum Electronics AB, 
+46 13 36 86 07, +46 703 69 00 29, kenneth.lundgren@factum.se

About Factum Electronics AB and Effnet Holding AB (publ)
Factum Electronics AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Effnet Holding AB (publ), is
a world leader in the areas of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), DAB+, DMB
(Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) and NICAM, digital stereo sound for television
broadcasting. Factum Electronics develops and sells system solutions for signal
encoding, decoding and processing and serves professional broadcasting customers
in more than 40 countries. Additionally Factum Electronics develops and sells
middleware for receiver chip
manufacturers and test & monitoring equipment. For more information about
Factum, please visit www.factum.se and more
information about DAB/DMB is available at www.worlddab.org.
Effnet Holding AB (publ) is traded on the First North list of the Stockholm
Stock Exchange, under the ticker (EFFN) and its certified adviser is Remium
(www.remium.com). For more information about Effnet Holding AB (publ), please
visit www.effnetholding.se