March 27, 2007
TV cell phones to debut in China
A kind of cell phone with a TV function, developed independently by China's Radio and TV industry will debut at the end of this month, reports People's Daily Online. "China's Radio and TV industry has stepped up its determination to enter the traditional domain of telecommunications companies."
"Last October, China's radio and TV industry submitted standards for the mobile multi-media broadcasting industry ahead of the telecommunications industry. It supports the broadcasting of TV via cell phones, and is in fact trying to standardize the service nationally.
The TV cell phone market is so attractive that the competition between the radio and TV industry and the telecom industry is very fierce. The industry that controls the new technology will dominate the market in the future.
... According to the State Administration of Radio Film and Television, the goal of 2008 is to popularize TV cell phones".
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