Linksys (the recognised leading global manufacturer of voice, wireless, and networking hardware for home and Small Office/Home Office) have run a survey using YouGov – the results of which show that 59% of UK population who have broadband internet at home have a wireless network – and more than 25% Of UK residents with a…
IBC Follow-up #2: research company results from the show
AmberFin has announced the results of a research survey conducted at this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam. AmberFin spoke to industry experts attending to gauge their opinion on what issues would most influence the industry in the coming year. The results clearly demonstrate the use of multiple platforms such as broadband, IPTV and mobile handsets…
More of the same: Mobile TV facing tough times ahead
….so says Vnunet.com, in an article based on the analysis of a research company called “Juniper Research”. Specifically the fact that DVB-H is likely to be hit by the prevalance of both analogue and digital (DVB-T) free-to-air (FTA) terrestrial signal availablity. Juniper’s report is called “Mobile TV:Opportunities for Streamed & Broadcast Services, 2008-2013“, and it…
Esoteric Friday: Mobile Phone Art
It’s odd what you find on the InterWeb – especially since the juggernaut “Web 2.0 mashup” (whatever that is) hit us, we’ve been inundated with images and vids of anything and EVERYTHING. On the “kewl” front, check out these examples of Mobile Phone Art – dialaphone has the full list of 12 pieces, but I’m…
UK: Now it’s the turn of Tesco to sell Netbooks cheaply!
First it was the turn of Amazon UK to drop the price of the very nice Acer Aspire to under £200 – now Tesco are in on the act! £198.00 gets you a “Acer Aspire One A110L White N270 512MB 8GB 8.9″ Net Book”. Nice. Click here if you want to see what Tesco has…
Mobile TV: Poland heads toward DVB-H
Polish Telecoms regulator UKE launched a “beauty contest” for a frequency license, to contain exclusively Mobile TV and radio services based on DVB-H. Apparently there is 8MHz of bandwidth, right across Poland, and the winner will be able to use the DVB-H license until 2015 in 31 Polish cities, then until 2023 all over the…
DVB-H: so the pendulum swings again…
Barely a week after I wrote my last post about DVB-H devices, and the battle they face with the “newcomer” DVB-T devices, another story appears with an opinion – this it’s FOR DVB-H. Silicon.com quotes a Frost & Sullivan report, which says that DVB-H will become the standard for Mobile broadcasting by 2011. By 2011,…
UK: Poppy appeal arrives on Mobile
The Poppy Appeal this year has a Mobile channel (powered by a company called Tanla Mobile), and is running the ‘Poppy Download’ service – where members of the public can make a donation using their mobile phones, in return for a poppy mobile wallpaper (thus mirroring the traditional process of donating some cash for a…
MobiMonster – “the next-gen Mobile app”
Sometimes app vendors do make grand claims about the capabilites of their apps – and variously we find out the reality when we download them and try them out. And so it comes to be that another entrant in to the multi-functional app comes to pass, and they are called MobiMonster – check out the…
UK: What’s on at the O2… AC/DC, that’s what!
In what is fast becoming a favourite thread of posts for me, here’s your regular update on what you can go and see at The O2 – for those of you unfamiliar, The O2 is a superb entertainment venue that is branded by the Mobile Network Operator, O2 (no surprises there!). I’ve been a few…