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News The analyst points to an impressive array of radio access techs already in play - from cellular in its various forms, to 3G and HSPA data networks, to video broadcast techs such as DVB-H, to short-range connectivity techs such as Bluetooth, along...
[02 May 2008]
News The Commission said setting the Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) as the preferred European Union standard would give the industry a boost. DVB-H is the only standard with a global presence although China, Japan, South Korea and the...
[18 Mar 2008]
News The year has also seen various Euro policy moves in the mobile sphere - with the EU Roaming Regulation finally coming into force, in-flight mobiles inching ever closer to reality and mobile telly given a much needed leg-up by EU backing for the...
[13 Dec 2007]
News But with the majority of member states now stepping in line with the Commission, the Nokia-backed DVB-H looks set to become Europe's mobile broadcast flavour of choice. It published its strategy for accelerating the rolling of services back in July...
[30 Nov 2007]
News Femtocells could also cut the cost of building expensive broadcast networks - such as DVB-H - to cater for mobile TV, as a less dense network would be needed and therefore fewer base stations. The mobile phone is coming home.
[26 Nov 2007]
News However, the European Commission also supports DVB-H (digital video broadcasting - handheld), the mobile TV standard that it wants to power handheld entertainment across Europe. Calling DVB-H a "restrictive application", Allan said if both DVB-H...
[19 Oct 2007]
News However, the final straw for BT was the recent backing given by the European Commission to the mobile broadcast technology Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H). DVB-H promises more channels but spectrum availability for that technology had...
[27 Jul 2007]
News The European Commission has thrown its weight behind mobile TV by backing the DVB-H technology to become the single standard for the continent. By promoting the Nokia-backed DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds) technology, EC intends to...
[19 Jul 2007]
News Chris Khouri, associate media and broadcasting analyst at Datamonitor, told silicon.com the European mobile telly landscape is set for "strong growth" between 2009 and 2012 owing to the analogue to digital switch-over freeing up spectrum for...
[31 May 2007]
Comment That term has many connotations but in the world of operators and comms equipment providers the distinction is normally subtle - does it mean video streamed over 3G or video content broadcast using technologies such as DVB-H, MediaFLO or something...
[23 May 2007]
News Auntie has been involved in technical trials with O2 of the DVB-H mobile telly standard and was one of Virgin Mobile's content offerings when it launched the UK's first commercial service. The BBC is banking on mobile for its future - and is...
[16 May 2007]
whitepaper Whether provided by 4G, DVB-H or other technologies, mobile video service quality must be high enough to impress customers to maximize service impact. As with "Triple Play" and "Quad Play" offerings from operators using multiple distribution...
[01 May 2007]
News The pair have agreed to work together on compatibility for DVB-H products - DVB-H is the flavour of mobile TV backed by Nokia. Nokia has already signed a deal with Motorola on DVB-H announcing they will be working together to promote the broadcast...
[18 Apr 2007]
News The EC has put €40m into mobile telly-related research and has come out plumping for DVB-H as its favourite. The DVB-H standard is backed by Nokia and has been trialled in the UK by O2. The EC has recommended the industry pick a single mobile TV...
[19 Mar 2007]
News O2 has launched its second trial of mobile telly using the DVB-H standard championed by Nokia. The experiment will be conducted with 350 users in and around Dublin and follows a six-month trial in Oxford which kicked off back in September 2005.
[08 Mar 2007]
whitepaper DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handheld) is one of the key technologies that enables new services such as Mobile Phone TV to be used in handhelds. DVB-H enhances mobile features found in the DVB-T standard, enabling new techniques, e.g.loss...
[01 Mar 2007]
News When LTE does eventually make its appearance, it's thought it will enable a whole host of mobile services including cellular VoIP as well as broadcast mobile TV which doesn't run on any of the current standards, such as DVB-H.
[01 Mar 2007]
News Robin Crossley, strategy adviser on technology for BSkyB, said the trial showed that the MediaFLO System has "considerable technical advantages over DVB-H" yet the broadcaster has not committed to a commercial rollout.
[13 Feb 2007]
News Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, head of the Finnish phone-maker took the wraps off three additions to the company's E-series of business handsets, and a new device primed for the DVB-H flavour of mobile TV. The N77 will be the second of Nokia's using the DVB...
[12 Feb 2007]
News The proposed uses for the vacated spectrum include housing mobile broadcast TV such as DVB-H or wireless broadband technologies such as WiMax. The EU's telecoms watchdog has called for regulators to take a back seat in setting standards - and allow...
[04 Dec 2006]
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