Mobile TV sector asks European Union for guidelines

Handset makers, telecoms operators and broadcasters asked the European Union on Thursday to set guidelines that should boost the emerging sector of mobile television on cellular phonesand other portable devices, according to Reuters.

... "The Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum urged the EU to use its powers to help establish a specific radio band for mobile TV services throughout Europe.

The mobile broadcast president of French telecoms networks vendor Alcatel, Olivier Coste, agreed that access to spectrum "has to be EU wide."

"This could be a real global success for the European community, as it has had with GSM (mobile telephony)," he said."

emily | 8:51 AM | TV on Cell Phones |
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