The Special Broadcasting Service, Australia’s multilingual and multicultural PSB, has teamed up with US tech company Audio Now to make SBS Radio available via mobile phone to listeners in Australia, the UK and the US

The service does not require a smartphone or apps, and uses voice minutes rather than data plans. Users call a phone number to access the station. Users will be able to hear live daily news programs in 19 languages from SBS, which was established 40 years ago to provide balanced and impartial Australian news and information to all Australians, regardless of language. Today SBS, a PMA member, broadcasts in 74 languages, arguably more than any other broadcaster in the world. The new service has launched with 19 languages from the region and diasporas in Australia.

Mark Cummins, SBS Radio Content Manager said: “SBS Radio is a trusted voice for the more than four million Australians who speak a language other than English. We help all Australians explore and celebrate the people, communities and stories that shape our cultural diversity, contributing to social cohesion and Australia’s success as a multicultural nation”.

Early this year, Audio Now partnered with another PSB with a large multilingual output, CBC/Radio-Canada (see Related Articles below). The Washington DC-based company has possesses voice design and compression technology to enable listeners to connect to radio stations through a telephone call. The company has worked with broadcasters such as the British Broadcasting Corporation, Radio France Internationale, Deutsche Welle and Voice of America.

SBS Radio broadcasts by phone are now available for the following languages by dialling the numbers below (supplied by Audio Now):

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[bs_col class=”col-xs-3″]Language
Amharic
Arabic
Burmese
Cantonese
Filipino
Hindi
Hmong
Indonesian
Khmer
Mandarin
Punjabi
Sinhalese
Somali
Swahili
Tamil
Tigrinya
Tongan
Urdu
Vietnamese
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[bs_col class=”col-xs-3″]Australia
(02) 8080 5605
(02) 8080 5636
(02) 8080 5608
(02) 8080 5611
(02) 8080 5624
(02) 8080 5638
(02) 8080 5625
(02) 8080 5626
(02) 8080 5627
(02) 8080 5623
(02) 8080 5607
(02) 8080 5642
(02) 8080 5629
(02) 8080 5630
(02) 8080 5639
(02) 8080 5631
(02) 8080 5632
(02) 8080 5644
(02) 8080 5633
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[bs_col class=”col-xs-3″]UK
0330 332 6501
0330 332 6515
0330 332 6503
0330 332 6504
0330 332 6506
0330 332 6516
0330-332 6507
0330-332 6508
0330-332 6509
0330 332 6505
0330 332 6502
0330 332 6518
0330 332 6510
0330 332 6511
0330 332 6517
0330 332 6512
0330 332 6513
0330 332 6519
0330 332 6514
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[bs_col class=”col-xs-3″]US
712.432.7701
712.432.7780
712.432.7704
712.432.7705
712.432.7707
712.432.7781
712.432.7708
712.432.7709
712.432.7711
712.432.7706
712.432.7703
712.432.7783
712.432.7712
712.432.7713
712.432.7782
712.432.7714
712.432.7715
712.432.7784
712.432.7716[/bs_col]
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