KhushTech Korea Co. Ltd. introduced first Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) feature phone for Free Stream Technologies ("FreeStream"), a D2M technology and platform provider incubated at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. The innovative and low-cost FreeStream branded phone is powered by Tejas Networks SL-3000 D2M demodulator chip embedded in the device and is intended for use in the 470-608 MHz broadcast bands.
In a recent high-level meeting with Shri Nara Lokesh, Hon'ble IT and Electronics Minister of Andhra Pradesh, KhushTech's Founder and CEO, Eric Shin, showcased the FreeStream D2M feature phone and demonstrated its incredible potential to transform educational content delivery in rural areas and other challenging environments in a cost-effective and resilient manner by leveraging the scalable architecture of the next-generation ATSC 3.0 broadcast standard. Direct-to-Mobile is a broadcast technology that uses terrestrial TV broadcast airwaves to deliver IP based live TV, Video, Audio, data and text messages (multimedia content) of public and national importance (such as entertainment, sports, educational programming and emergency alerts) directly to phones without the need for Wi-Fi or internet service. In addition to the SL-3000 chipset, Tejas Networks has also developed a suite of infrastructure hardware and software products for D2M deployment in collaboration with Sinclair Inc, USA.
This technology has been under test in live networks by Prasar Bharati in partnership with IIT Kanpur and Tejas Networks over the past couple of years.
