Telefonica Brings Telegent's Mobile TV Feature to Peru With ZTE i766 Handset

Telefonica Brings Telegent's Mobile TV Feature to Peru With ZTE i766 Handset

Movistar-branded ZTE handset enables Peru consumers to view live, over-the-air TV programming on their handset, anytime, anywhere

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, together with Telefonica Moviles Peru, today announced that Telefonica has included the ZTE i766, a handset with a live TV feature enabled by Telegent, in its handset lineup. The handset, branded with Telefonica's Movistar logo, is available in all Telefonica retail outlets for 499 soles in prepaid mode.

Telefonica Peru is one of several operators in Latin America, including Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela, that are leading the way in offering TV handsets with live analog broadcast TV to consumers. "The live TV feature differentiates our product offering and gives consumers what they want -- access to their favorite programs while they are on the move," said Gustavo Kitazono, director of strategic planning of Telefonica Moviles Peru. "The video and audio quality of Telegent's TV feature is excellent, and consumer interest in the TV feature has been quite high."

Live TV feature provides consumers with familiar, preferred programming

Telegent's TV feature allows consumers to receive the same over-the-air programming that they receive on their television sets at home, providing consumers with access to their favorite news, sports and TV series programs no matter where they are. This is ideal for workers with long commutes or during breaks or for consumers who would like a second TV or TV portability within the home.

"We expect the adoption of live TV handsets in Latin America to be very strong in 2009," said Weijie Yun, president and CEO of Telegent Systems. "Telefonica is a leading operator whose innovation in bringing a TV feature that has proven popular with consumers will enhance their ability to attract and retain consumers in the highly competitive mobile market."

About Telefonica Moviles Peru

The Peruvian mobile operator of Telefonica, through its mobile brand Movistar, offers customers the broadest range of products and next-generation multimedia services, and is the only operator in Peru using the two most advanced mobile communication technologies: CDMA (Access Code Division Multiple) and GSM (Global System for Mobile), which it launched commercially in February 2006.

About Telegent Systems

Telegent Systems is a leading fabless CMOS semiconductor company providing high performance, single-chip solutions enabling free-to-air and subscription mobile TV in mobile handsets, portable devices and consumer electronics. Telegent's solutions make television mobile, delivering both analog and digital broadcast reception with unparalleled sensitivity and picture quality in mobile environments, ultra-low power consumption and the highest integration simplifying mobile device design and manufacture. For more information, visit http://www.telegent.com/.

Source: Telegent Systems

CONTACT: Michael Epstein, Jefe de Terminales of Telefonica Moviles Peru,
+511 999730033, mepstein@telefonicamoviles.com.pe; or Diana Jovin, VP
Corporate Marketing of Telegent Systems, +1-408-990-7092, djovin@telegent.com

Web site: http://www.telegent.com/

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