Italian transmission services provider RAIWay has struck an agreement with the Aeranti-Corallo local broadcasters association to cooperate in the development of a common plan of transition to DMB.
As part of the plan, the groups will cooperate with experimental DMB transmissions in VHF band III and the L band in Bologna and Venice, transmitting some 17 programs with audio, video, and data.
The Vatican also recently announced plans to proceed with test operations of T-DMB services. The Holy See received a DMB video encoder from Korean Vice Minister of Information Yoo Young-Hwan in late July.
In February, Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun presented a DMB handset to Pope Benedict XVI during a visit to the Vatican.
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