Global revenues from adult video chat services are expected to rise sharply over the next five years, reaching $1.5 billion by 2012, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report states that, while adoption levels of such services are comparatively low even by the standard of mobile adult services, the average monthly spend of […]
The FLO Forum, a global consortium of over 90 wireless industry leaders dedicated to the open standardisation of FLO (Forward Link-Only) technology for mobile multimedia broadcast, has announced the completion of the FLO Receiver Application Programming Interface (API) Specification. The news marks the latest step in the on-going OpenFLO initiative, which is designed to facilitate […]
Zee Network has written to the Information & Broadcasting ministry, stating that the Trai (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) regulation for mobile TV is discriminatory. Zee has demanded that any broadcasting company should be allowed to provide mobile TV services. Zee says that cross holding caps are not appropriate in these scenarios, and has warned […]
Dorling Kindersley, the world's leading non-fiction publisher, has agreed terms with Mobifusion Inc. to deliver branded mobile content products to consumers around the world. Mobifusion develops, publishes and distributes mobile technologies and value-added services and is considered one of the foremost mobile media content companies in their field. The global deal will see content coming […]
State-run telecom MTNL announced the soft launch of its mobile TV service in the capital, which would allow its users to watch live television on their handsets. Initially, MTNL customers would be able to watch seven channels on their GPRS-enables mobile handsets. The commercial launch of the mobile TV service will be in April. The […]
Nagravision has announced T-Mobile CZ, the leading mobile phone carrier in the Czech Republic, has selected it for the delivery of a trial OMA BCAST Smart Card Profile system. In partnership with T-Systems and in line with T-Mobile Czech Republic plans to launch a commercial mobile TV service in the near future, Nagravision will set […]
Cumulative shipments in Japan of mobile phone handsets with the one-segment terrestrial digital broadcasting function topped 20 million units as of the end of December, reports the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association Domestic shipments of handsets that can receive terrestrial digital television broadcasts reached 20.47 million units at the end of 2007. The […]
A survey of mobile subscribers in Europe and North America by M:Metrics study, commissioned by Tellabs, highlights a $270 million opportunity – but only if operators meet user demands for quality and reliability improvements in the coming 12 months. This conservative revenue projection is based on operators reversing an alarming trend: former mobile TV users […]
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone operator, is to lend its support to LTE, the wireless broadband standard that looks set to become the flagship 4G technology. LTE, or Long Term Evolution, is gaining strong momentum as the next generation wireless technology to provide super-fast web surfing on mobiles. Arun Sarin, Vodafone's chief executive, […]
Orange and T-Mobile UK have revealed they intend to jointly pilot a new mobile TV and multimedia broadcast service in London using NextWave Wireless' UMTS MBMS based TDtv solution. The pilot, scheduled for the second half of 2008, will be targeted at people in West London and will demonstrate how the cost of providing high-quality, […]