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Telecommunications EU wants single mobile TV standard
Telecommunications EU wants single mobile TV standard | EU wants single mobile TV standard |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Monday, 19 March 2007 | |
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"However, I am disappointed about the lack of progress made so far," she added. "To fully reap the benefits of this market and to export a European model for Mobile TV as we did with GSM for mobile phones, industry and member states must work more closely together to devise a common approach, compare technologies, look at possible legal obstacles, make spectrum available throughout Europe and choose together the best way to ensure a quick and large take-up of Mobile TV by Europeans, preferably based on a single standard. It is now time to draft the new model of mobile TV that it needs to be economically successful in Europe." It is widely recognised that the business model for mobile TV will combine telecommunications technologies such as 3G and broadcasting technologies such as DVB-H. Only broadcasting technologies have the necessary capacity to support large scale consumption of mobile TV. The Commission says that interoperability among mobile TV platforms and enabled devices is crucial for large scale take-up by European consumers. The commission has already invested some €40 million in mobile TV-related research and supported the emergence of the open digital video broadcasting (DVB) standards, which also cover mobile broadcasting. |
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