It’s not a secret that European Commission wants to push DVB-H as a mobile TV standard throughout the European Union. That kind of decision would certainly benefit Nokia and other wireless companies, who already invested heavily in this standard. However, one wonders is this the right way to go? For instance, Korean handset manufacturers are already shipping T-DMB handsets to consumers, and as far as we can tell, that technology works.
Now, mobile industry leaders organized by mobile TV industry lobby group FLO Forum at a conference in Brussels argued that, because mobile TV is such a cutting-edge service, only time and a flexible market can tell which type of technology will prove the best.
Jens Arnbak, chair of tele-information techniques in the electrical engineering department of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands said: “Why would you wish at this early stage to insist on any particular standard when we do know that many other possibilities are available?”
On the other hand, European Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding commented that without a single standard, it will be impossible for companies to invest with confidence in new innovative technologies. (via: marketwatch)