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Telcel, ROK mobile TV Service for Mexico

Powered by ROK technologies, Ideas TV will offer 10 channels, to include 3 live channels and 7 pre-recorded looped channels, and will be available to Telcel's 3G customers. The service will be available to prepaid and post paid customers at different pricing that will range from daily rates to monthly subscriptions. Telcel's Ideas TV offers […]

August 28, 2008

US mobile data outpaces Europe

– UK (19.35 per cent) – US (18.88 per cent) – India (10.82 per cent) – South Africa (8.82 per cent) – Indonesia (4.08 per cent) Adam Kerr, VP of Bango North America: “The USA share of the browsing market has grown as an increasing number of phones come with bigger screens and service contracts […]

August 28, 2008

Alcatel-Lucent supports trial of BCAST mobile TV

The trial, which began in early this month, is based on Alcatel-Lucent’s industry-leading Mobile Interactive TV solution, which will power the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) platform for the trial. The trial also includes mobile devices from Samsung and Smartcard Profile-compliant SIM cards from Gemalto. Alcatel-Lucent’s DVB-H platform supports the Open Mobile Alliance Bcast Smartcard Profile […]

August 22, 2008

Asia, Latin America want news and sport on mobile TV

Of consumers interested in mobile TV, 72 per cent of consumers were very likely or likely to watch mobile TV if they are able to receive free, local broadcasts on their handset, compared to 40 per cent who were receptive to subscription services. Respondents preferred live, local broadcast coverage to made-for-mobile clips, although approximately one-third […]

August 21, 2008

Asia, Latin America want news and sport on mobile TV

Of consumers interested in mobile TV, 72 per cent of consumers were very likely or likely to watch mobile TV if they are able to receive free, local broadcasts on their handset, compared to 40 per cent who were receptive to subscription services. Respondents preferred live, local broadcast coverage to made-for-mobile clips, although approximately one-third […]

August 21, 2008

KPN mobile TV

The service is made available through a broadcast network based on the Digital Video Broadcast for Handheld (DVB-H), the European standard for mobile television, and can be watched on DVB-H-enabled mobile devices

August 20, 2008

Entertainment drives BRIC mobile Internet growth

According to Nielsen, entertainment, gaming, and music websites rank among the top five categories visited in all four BRIC countries, but do not have a place among the top US and Europe rankings. Email, weather, news, and search are the top categories for both American and European mobile Internet users; in the US, entertainment, music, […]

August 18, 2008

3.4% of Olympics viewers use CMMB devices

The survey found that the 98.1 per cent of individuals watched or listened to the ceremony. Of these, 97.7 per cent viewed the ceremony on television, while 13.7 per cent viewed the ceremony online, 11.4 per cent listened to it on the radio, and 6.4 per cent watched on televisions in public transit systems. The […]

August 15, 2008

BigPond flooded by Olympic demand

Justin Milne, BigPond group general manager predicted the Olympics – for which Telstra is the official mobile carrier – would be a watershed moment in the development of the mobile as a content medium “We don’t give out numbers but we’re 50 per cent over the targets that we set for ourselves,” Mr Milne said. […]

August 15, 2008