Today’s announcement from Nokia, indicates that Nokia along with Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) will cooperate in the launch of the DVB-H based commercial mobile broadcast TV service.
This is the first such Nokia’s agreement for the Asia Pacific region, and among the first commercial rollouts globally.
VTC will make available its mobile PayTV services to consumer subscribers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City by end-2006. Consumers in both cities will be able to enjoy seven digital TV channels as well as a video-on-demand service from a catalog of selected titles offered by VTC. The service is available on Nokia’s Nseries DVB-H enabled multimedia devices, delivered by the Nokia N92 which will make its debut in Vietnam for this purpose.
VTC plans to extend the coverage to a national level over a two-year period.