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RSS DABMobiles go underground in Glasgow
News If the pilot is successful coverage is likely to be rolled out to other Tube lines and extended to include DAB digital radio and wi-fi coverage. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [14 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Aerial bombardment
Comment But Bluetooth, FM, DAB and TV present a different subset. The competition for antenna space on our laptops and mobile devices is getting critical. Talk to any designer of radio systems for military applications and they... [07 Jan 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Mobile TV
Cheat Sheet Virgin's service worked on a mobile telly standard called DAB-IP, which shares the network with DAB digital radio. And then there's the aforementioned DAB-IP, which doesn't have the... [22 Nov 2007]
100,000 non-UK fingerprints recorded each month
News The government is recording over 100,000 fingerprints a month from foreign nationals while overseas and applying to come to the UK. Visa applicants in 100 countries worldwide are required to provide fingerprints if they want to visit to... [17 Sep 2007]
Women ignored by gadget makers and sellers - still
News Saatchi & Saatchi planning director Belinda Parmar said: "This group of women told us loud and clear that they do not want diamante encrusted mobile phones and baby pink DAB radios. Gadget retailers and manufacturers are... [10 Sep 2007]
BT pulls plug on mobile TV service
News BT Movio was based on the rival Digital Audio Broadcasting - IP (DAB-IP) standard, which reused digital radio spectrum to deliver a handful of TV channels and a range of digital radio stations. BT is to abandon its... [27 Jul 2007]
Row over European mobile TV standards
News But industry commentators say other mobile TV platforms such as the Qualcomm-backed MediaFLO and DAB-IP, as used by Virgin Mobile, should not be ignored. The European Commission has thrown its weight behind mobile TV by... [19 Jul 2007]
Broadband narrows UK digital divide
News Taking a bundle of services was most popular in Northern Ireland (32 per cent), there were more wi-fi hotspots per million people in Wales (193), a higher proportion of internet users in Scotland using VoIP (19 per cent), and ownership... [24 May 2007]
Brussels calls for mobile TV unity
News It's not the only standard that has been used in Blighty: BT has chosen DAB-IP for its Movio service and Sky has dabbled with Qualcomm's MediaFLO. The EC has recommended the industry pick a single mobile TV standard - or... [19 Mar 2007]
Use your mobile on the Tube from 2009?
News Assuming the pilot is successful, TfL will also investigate introducing DAB digital radio and wi-fi coverage. London Underground will no longer be free of annoying ringtones and shouts of 'I'm on the train' - mobile... [15 Mar 2007]
No more mobile telly for the UK?
News The UK currently has just one broadcast mobile TV offering, from BT Movio and Virgin Mobile, using the DAB-IP standard. Despite what participants claim are two successful trials of mobile TV in the UK, no more commercial... [13 Feb 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in mobile and wireless
News The telco launched its Movio service over DAB-IP, with Virgin Mobile as the first customer. It also saw the launch of mobile TV, some fetching handsets and plenty of 'free' services. Jo Best looks back - and makes some... [15 Dec 2006]
Motorola and Nokia DVB-Hugging
News DVB-H is just one of many competing standards of mobile TV being trialled around the world, including DAB-IP, used by BT and Virgin Mobile, and MediaFLO, the Qualcomm-owned standard being piloted by Sky. [11 Sep 2006]
3 gets exclusive rights to ITV content
News A number of mobile broadcast systems are already being trialled in the UK, including DVB-H by O2, DAB-IP by BT and MediaFLO by BSKyB. No need to miss Celebrity Love Island or Emmerdale again. Mobile network 3 has buddied... [07 Aug 2006]
Virgin to do UK mobile telly first
News Movio, which completed a successful trial earlier in the year, uses the same frequencies as DAB digital radio but enhances them to provide a limited number of TV channels, a system known as DAB-IP.... [10 Jul 2006]
