Dolby Laboratories and NTT DOCOMO Sign License Agreement to Offer Dolby Mobile for Mobile Phone Services in Japan

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) announced today that it signed a license agreement with NTT DOCOMO, Inc., allowing the use of Dolby® Mobile in future phones for NTT DOCOMO mobile services in Japan.

The agreement enables NTT DOCOMO to offer a greater variety of handset models with Dolby Mobile from a broader base of its suppliers to customers in Japan.

Dolby Mobile is an audio processing technology platform designed to deliver rich, vibrant audio and dramatically improve listening enjoyment. Built on Dolby’s extensive portfolio of technologies, Dolby Mobile was created for mobile entertainment applications.

“We are honored to be working closely with Japan’s leading mobile operator to expand the possibilities of mobile entertainment,” said Rolf Schmitz, Marketing Director, Mobile at Dolby Laboratories. “This agreement will help bring amazing choice and performance to Japanese consumers who want better entertainment experiences on their mobile phones.”

Dolby Mobile is designed to allow customers to enhance the mobile entertainment experience by optimizing audio performance and delivering new capabilities and features.

Dolby Mobile features include:

• Mobile Surround—delivers a realistic surround sound experience using headphones
• Sound Space Expander—creates a wide, rich, and spacious soundstage experience especially suited to music playback
• Natural Bass—adds powerful boost and bass extension
• High-Frequency Enhancer—enhances music and other content by restoring high-frequency effects
• Graphic EQ—helps tune the audio experience for different content types
• Sound Level Control—helps level out audio for a more consistent playback volume
• Mono-to-Stereo Converter—improves the playback experience of user-generated content

About Dolby Laboratories

Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) is the global leader in technologies that are essential elements in the best entertainment experiences. Founded in 1965 and best known for high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby creates innovations that enrich entertainment at the movies, at home, or on the go. Visit www.dolby.com for more information.

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the performance, capabilities, and impact of Dolby Mobile technologies in general, the anticipated or potential benefits that mobile phone users may derive from these technologies, the inclusion of Dolby Mobile in a greater variety of handset models from a broader base of its suppliers, and NTT DOCOMO’s plans to announce new mobile phone models with Dolby Mobile this year, are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on Dolby’s and NTT DOCOMO’s managements’ current expectations. The following important factors, without limitation, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: risks that Dolby Mobile technologies may not perform as anticipated; risks that Dolby Mobile will not be available in a greater variety of handset models from a broader base of its suppliers and that NTT DOCOMO does not announce new mobile phone models with Dolby Mobile this year or at all; risks associated with building market acceptance for digital audio technologies in the mobile market in general and Dolby Mobile in particular; competition in the market for digital audio technologies; rapid changes in technical requirements for digital audio technologies in general and for the mobile market in particular; the development of the market for mobile entertainment; and other risks detailed in Dolby's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including the risks identified under the section captioned "Risk Factors" in its most recent Periodic Report on Form 10-Q or 10-K. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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