GEO will develop an Emblaze MPEG-4 video player for the Nokia 9210 Color Communicator

New York - (Business Wire) GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd. (LSE: GIM.LN) and Nokia Networks today announced that GEO will develop a streaming MPEG-4 video Emblaze™ player and telco-grade video server/gateway for the new Nokia 9210 Color Communicator. The Emblaze Nokia Player and back-end services for carriers will be available as soon as the Nokia 9210 is introduced into the global markets.

According to the launch plan, GEO will offer its end-to-end Emblaze Wireless Solution technology to wireless network carriers -- enabling them to establish video services for streaming live and on-demand video to any Nokia 9210 Communicator equipped with the Emblaze™ Nokia Player. Video services will include applications such as live news coverage, sports, weather, finance, on-demand movie previews, road-side help, tele-medicine, video messaging and more.

In announcing this most recent development, Sharon Carmel, GEO's Co-founder and CTO said that, "We are proud to continue our legacy of leadership with the new Nokia Communicator player. GEO is expanding its platform to support an even greater reach of mobile media with the one of the world's most important mobile vendors. We intend to continue to expand the reach of our technology until every mobile user and mobile handset/device worldwide is Emblazed with MPEG-4 streaming video capabilities."

The Nokia 9210 is the industry's first Symbian EPOC-based communicator device based on the ARM-9 CPU core. GEO's Emblaze™ wireless technology for mobile devices is highly optimized to work on Symbian and ARM-based platforms, enabling the new Communicator to deliver superior quality video performances with minimal power consumption and efficient CPU usage. Earlier this year, GEO introduced its Symbian based MPEG-4 video player, as well as its cooperation with ARM for the optimization of its Emblaze™ A2 and Emblaze™ A3 video technologies for top performance over the superior ARM RISC CPU architecture.

The new Nokia 9210 Color Communicator supports dual-band EGSM 900/1800 and an HSCSD (High Speed Circuit Switching Data) that enables up to 43.2 kbps transmission rates. GEO has already successfully implemented HSCSD support for its MPEG-4 based video technology with several carriers worldwide for security and traffic control applications. GEO's core Emblaze™ error-resilience and dynamically-scalable video algorithms ensure a top quality of service over wireless networks. Nokia 9210 users will be able to enjoy Emblaze™ streaming video applications on their device either over cellular networks or through standard Internet IP connections over Nokia's PC Suite.

The company believes that HSCSD video-on-demand services, already implemented with over 40 carriers worldwide, provides a strong platform for further market penetration of GEO's Emblaze™ Systems with such carriers, offering end users a breakthrough mobile communications experience.

About GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd.
Headquartered in Israel, GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd. is the leading provider of streaming video solutions over Wireless and IP networks. The company's patented Emblaze™ Wireless Solution enables encoding and playback of live and on-demand video messages and content on any platform: PCs, PDAs, video cell phones, and TV. Founded in 1994, GEO is the only company in the world able to deliver an integrated commercial end-to-end solution for streaming video over 2G, 2.5G and 3G networks. From video servers to video chips, GEO's Emblaze technology offers a complete solution for ISPs, content providers, wireless carriers, and handset manufacturers. GEO's North American headquarters are located in New York City. Representative offices are maintained in London, Los Angeles, Seoul, and Tokyo.