February 14, 2005
The WSJ on Televion on Mobile Phones
The WSJ reports on mobile television and the host of issues surrounding the technology that remain unresolved.
"Nokia Corp says mobile TV is set to be the next big thing. The company is running several mobile TV trials and plans to launch commercial devices and services in 2006.
Telecom Italia SpA and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.'s 3 already offer TV streaming, or prerecorded video clips, on handsets.
Consultancy Strategy Analytics of Boston estimates that mobile broadcast networks will have acquired around 51 million users world-wide by 2009, generating around $6.6 billion (€5.2 billion) in revenue.
One issue Nokia has had to address is power: Conventional cellphone batteries deliver enough power to watch pictures for only about an hour. Mr. Sharp says Nokia is working on a solution that will make it possible to watch up to four hours of television".
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