The four Mobile OpCos in Poland are working together on a bid for a DVB-H license. The operators, PTC, P4, Polkomtel, and PTK Centertel will each have a 25% stake in the JV. Apparently “The Office of Electronic Communications” is holding the tender for DVB-H spectrum, with applications to be in by mid-Jan 09.
See, this is how Mobile TV ought to be organised – costs shared across all the Operators, and utilising the cell towers of everyone involved, which sorts out another problem of coverage rapidly too. With the might of all Operators in a country involved, getting handset vendors to provide the right specifications on their handsets becomes easier too.
I’d love to see this example rolled out in other countries…. however, for various reasons I don’t see it happening – the UK for example is voraciously competitive, and the main OpCo’s are desperately trying to differentiate, not converge on a service 🙁 Yah boo.
[Story via: telegeography.com / Image via: Wikipedia]