Big three phone companies test mobile TV
Vodafone, O2, and Orange have teamed up together in order to test out a TV broadcast service that would let mobile phone users across the UK watch television channels on their mobiles.
The three leading companies in the UK have the bulk of the control in the UK mobile industry, and are testing out technology that would allow them to broadcast TV across the 3G mobile spectrum. In order to do this, they have teamed up with Streamezzo, Ericsson, and IPWireless on a three month trial of IMB technology in Slough and West London.
Currently, each of these UK mobile phone companies offer mobile TV services on their 3G networks, but there is a great deal of congestion across the networks if more than a few customers use the service within the same general location. The new IMB technology however can utilize airwaves from the 3G spectrum so that lines remain uncongested.
The spectrum is great for television broadcasting since it is not able to receive and send signals, which means it does not to interfere with mobile phone calls. Plus, since it is already a part of the spectrum that already exists, it is easy to bill customers for the use, which is available across 60 countries from 150 different operators.
The trial which begins this coming October, is the second attempt at the technology, which Orange and T-Mobile tested out in 2008.
Head of technology research and development at the Vodafone Group, Luke Ibbestson, stated that with the growth of data traffic across 3G networks and the increase in support of broadcast technology across the mobile industry the time has never been better to push the IMB initiative.
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