The long expected final stage of an extensive asset swap between the French and German incumbent telcos France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, namely the sale of the Dutch Orange division […]
KPN launches MobielTV in anticipation of DVB-H roll out
The Dutch incumbent telco KPN has launched its new mobile add-on service MobielTV. It will allow the operator’s ‘Surf&Mail Totaal’ UMTS subscribers to watch television on their mobile phones round-the-clock. […]
Gartner: Just 5% mobile TV take-up
Analysts are beginning to shift their views on the adoption of mobile TV after to a slow start for services in Europe. Gartner, which in March said mobile TV would […]
German Bundesrat against mandatory DVB-H
In a recent sitting the German Bundesrat (“federal council”) decided there should be no mandatory standard for mobile TV broadcasts. The council does not agree with the European Commission, which […]
France launches mobile TV before summer of 2008
The French ministry of culture has announced it will launch mobile TV – or TNT Mobile as it is known locally – before the summer of 2008. The broadcasts will […]
German Kartellamt okays mobile TV cooperation
The German monopoly authority, Kartellamt, has given the go ahead for the cooperation between T-Mobile, Vodafone and O2 for the rollout of mobile TV in the country. The three operators […]
Turkcell dealt licence blow
The Turkish Telecommunications Board (TK) is reported to have cancelled the 3G licence awarded to Turkcell, the country’s leading mobile operator, earlier this month. Turkcell currently accounts for around 60% […]
T-Mobile to launch iPhone in Europe
This Wednesday T-Mobile will hold a press conference in Berlin to announce the launch of the iPhone in Europe. The company has acquired exclusive rights to the multimedia phone for […]
3 ups Swedish mobile broadband
The mobile operator 3 has turbocharged its Swedish mobile broadband network to offer downlink speeds of up to 7.2Mbps and uplink speeds of 1.4Mbps. Along with its network supplier Ericsson, […]
Austria invites DVB-H applications
Last Friday Austria opened up the application for DVB-H broadcasts, according to minister of media, Doris Bures: “We are on schedule on the road to introduce this technical innovation right […]