EU adopted Nokia’s DVB-H standard as official mobile phone TV format
On 17 March, the European Commission decided to inscribe the DVB-H system (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld) for TV (by phones and other mobile devices) in the European Union standards registration.
Once the standard is published in the Official Journal of the European Union, the EU countries will be required to encourage the use of DVB-H, which is developed by a consortium headed by Nokia. Currently, there are other standards like DMB (developed in South Korea), and a third standard developed by Qualcomm (an American company).
However, the decision doesn’t prevent the commercialization of the other systems, but it grants an important advantage to DVB-H because the EU countries are required to guarantee its presence.
Brussels presented its decision, previously consulted with national governments and the European Parliament, as an incentive for the development of the mobile television services because it guarantees a homogeneous market for the operators.
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