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According to the EE Times and Reuters, Nokia has sold it’s enterprise Mobile TV BU (business unit) to Wipro. Apparently the BU had about 40 employees, who were focused on creating both hardware and softtware to enable the mobile device to access the broadcasting network.
Interesting eh? I wonder, if in this small piece of news, we can see the start of the last gasps for Moby TV in the current broadcast mode. Unfortunately it hasn’t really taken off in a big way, with a lack of solid business cases, and huge buildout costs. With 3.75G and 4G networks just round the corner, its quickly becoming possible to push more and more data round the ‘standard’ network, rather than worrying about another wireless network that is just for TV.
4G should definitely mean good-quality streaming to mobiles, and even HSPA+ (3.75G in my mind) has some impressive data rates – and I think these are going to edge out the likes of DVB-H and co. Time will tell, however.
[Original story via: EETimes via: Reuters]
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Ben Robinson
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... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
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