By: Ben Robinson, IntoMobile Monday, February 23rd, 2009 at 1:23 PM
3 Austria is saying it now has 90K regular users of it’s hybrid Moby TV service – so that’s 3G streaming and DVB-H combined.
Apparently Mobile TV was launched in June 2008, and in a neat way of working, all the operators can access a shared DVB-H for re-selling – the way it should be done in my opinion – everyone takes a hit on the infrastructure, but all can benefit from it. 3′s USP (unique selling point, for all those not living in marketing-land) is that they also offer a set of channels over the 3G network too – making up what appears to be a comprehensive set.
Great news all-round – just need to keep growing those sub numbers and that ARPU (average revenue per user)!
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career
when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has
now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the
next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas!
He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently
became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years
when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to
'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make
your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device)
isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question
of why you continue to use it...
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