Khartoum, January 9, 2009 -- A delegation of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), headed by its Director of Engineering, Abdul-Rahim Suleiman, has announced that Sudan will be the first Arab country to expand the use of the Multi-Media Exchange of News over Satellite system (ASBU- MENOS) in the Arab World. Indeed, it will expand its usage from the traditional radio and TV exchange among Arab broadcasters to include the establishment of Sudan’s own virtual network mostly to the benefit of the country’s news agency (SUNA).

At a briefing he gave Thursday at SUNA headquarters, in the presence of agency’s General Manager Awad Jadain, a member of the delegation reviewed the advantages of the MENOS network.

According to agreements, Sudan News Agency, Sudan Radio and Sudan TV will benefit from the MENOS system of the Arab States Broadcasting Union, by establishing their own network, covering all of Sudan and beyond.

Members of the delegation stated that Sudan would be the pioneer Arab country to extend the new technology of MENOS services, which enables quick and easy transmission of text, audio-visual and video, to include a nationwide virtual network. They explained that MENOS was a modern communication system that provided large capability for uploading media materials and information.