Nokia Snub in UK Mobile TV Service; Others Ridicule on DVB-H

Nokia got a big snub in UK, when BT Movio and Virgin decided to use DAB standard instead of Nokia-supported DVB-H, in the mobile TV service supposed to launch later this summer (see story below). Consequently, any operators selling Movio won’t be able to offer Nokia handsets in their line-up. According to BT’s Lloyd, DAB is the only choice for rollouts in the UK at the moment: “Not only has [DAB] already been licensed, a significant amount of infrastructure is already in place.” DAB has become a firm fixture in digital radio – which Movio will also offer, with some 60 stations.
Nokia is trialing its service/technology with O2 in UK.
VNUNet: Meanwhile, in a related story, a director of one of the top five mobile networks in UK has branded Nokia’s decision to exlcusively support DVB-H as “ridiculous”. DVB-H has a clearer picture than DAB mobile broadcast signals and allows more channels to be broadcast simultaneously. But it will require the spectrum currently used by analog TV in the UK, which will not be available in London until 2012.

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