KhushTech Korea Co., Ltd. (“KhushTech”), is proud to introduce the world’s 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.

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FreeStream’s Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) feature phone

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 groundbreaking 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.

Sumeet Nindrajog, Director of Free Stream Technologies said, “We are pleased that KhushTech has rapidly developed a low-cost device that will appeal to hundreds of millions of users both in India and across the world. FreeStream looks forward to supporting and participating in D2M service deployment for Digital Bharat.”

Eric Shin, Founder and CEO of KhushTech Korea said, “We are very delighted to have successfully developed the world’s first D2M Feature Phone. Our low-cost device will be India’s first BIS Certified D2M Feature Phone and is ready for commercialization. We would like to thank our strategic partners Tejas Networks, FreeStream, and Sinclair for their full support in development over the past year and a half. We are keen to set up a world-class manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh to support Government of India’s “Make in India” initiative and will continue to invest in the development of various D2M embedded products.”

Parag Naik, Executive Vice President, Tejas Networks, said, “Our team has worked hard with KhushTech and made clever optimizations to the demodulator, the operating system and middleware to work within the resource constraints of a feature phone environment. Our end-to-end productization of D2M allows us to rapidly tweak, test and validate performance.”

Chris Ripley, President and CEO, Sinclair, Inc., said, “We applaud KhushTech’s commitment to manufacturing affordable devices that enable large scale adoption of “mobile first” ATSC 3.0. We are leading the work towards the next release of the standard - “Broadcast to Everything” (B2X) which will unleash next generation broadcast/multicast apps for numerous verticals of Digital Bharat.”

About FreeStream

Incubated at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK), Free Stream Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is India's first and only 'Chips to Platform' DeepTech start-up that is focused on developing, deploying, and managing nationwide network infrastructure for cutting-edge Direct-to-Mobile (D2M) broadcast technology and related platform services. We communicate our growth strategy at www.freestream.ai

About KhushTech

KhushTech Korea Co., Ltd. is a Korean company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and sales of Edge technologies related to D2M (ATSC3.0) and Display. It consists of two business groups, D2M and Display, and is a leading company in the global market. KhushTech is the first in the world to successfully develop the D2M (ATSC3.0) Feature Phone.

In addition, it has developed Display products (laptop, tablet PC) equipped with AI functions and is focusing its capabilities on the development of products that support additional AI functions. For further information, see www.khushtechkorea.com

About Tejas Networks Limited

Tejas Networks (BSE: 540595, NSE: TEJASNET) designs and manufactures high-performance wireline and wireless networking products for telecommunications service providers, internet service providers, utilities, defense and government entities in over 75 countries. Tejas is an innovative, leading-edge technology company with a wide range of communication products for 4G/5G, Optical, Routing, Broadcast and Satellite Communication applications. Tejas Networks Ltd. is a part of the Tata Group, with Panatone Finvest Ltd. (a subsidiary of Tata Sons Pvt. Ltd.) being the majority shareholder. For more information, visit www.tejasnetworks.com or contact ir@tejasnetworks.com

About Sinclair

Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local broadcast television, including news and sports. Sinclair’s Hunt Valley Maryland-based ONE Media subsidiary has a vision to build and globally deploy innovative “Next Generation” platforms and technologies for wireless broadcast of enhanced video, data, and nationally important services. Sinclair and ONE Media regularly use their websites as key sources of company information which can be accessed at www.sbgi.net and www.onemediallc.com respectively.

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