5G (LTE, 4G, 3G) Mobile Broadband News

Envivio to Enable Higher Definition Mobile TV
Sep 9, 2008 – Envivio has announced that the performance of its 4Caster™ M2 mobile TV encoder is to be enhanced with the addition of Extreme Compression™. H.264 based Mobile TV deployments will be able to provide an enriched quality of experience.
News categories: Envivio, 5G, Content Distribution, IBCShow, Mobile

Telcel to launch ROK-Powered Mobile TV Service in Mexico
Aug 26, 2008 – ROK Entertainment (OTCBB: ROKE) and Telcel (Mexico:AMXL) have announced the launch of Ideas TV, a streamed, live and on-demand mobile TV subscription service available to Telcel's 3G customers in Mexico.
News categories: ROK Entertainment, Telcel, 5G, Digital TV, Mexico, Mobile

SingTel Group's results for the quarter ended 30 June 2008
Aug 12, 2008 – SingTel (Singapore: SGX; Australia: ASX) has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2008. The customer base for mio TV grew nearly 2,000 to more than 45,000 at the end of the quarter from a quarter ago.
News categories: SingTel, 5G, Australia, IPTV, Mobile, Results, Singapore, Subscribers

France - August 'Baromètre TDF de la télévision numérique'
Aug 4, 2008 – TDF, in conjunction with NPA Conseil, has published its quarterly status report on the French digital TV market. At end-June 2008, 56% of households had access to digital TV on at least one television, up 4.3 points from the previous quarter.
News categories: TDF, NPA Conseil, 5G, Digital TV, France, Market Research, Mobile, Set Top Box, Subscribers, Terrestrial

ZTE Enhances 3G Mobile TV Experience at Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Aug 4, 2008 – ZTE (Shenzhen: 000063; Hong Kong: 0763) is rolling out its U728, the industry's first-TD-SCDMA TV handset. The new TD-SCDMA TV handset supports CMMB and will be available in the domestic market in time for the Beijing Olympic Games.
News categories: ZTE, 5G, China, Digital TV, Mobile

Eastern Europe Follows European Trend of Turning to Mobile TV for New Revenue
Jul 10, 2008 – According to Frost and Sullivan, 2.6 million Europeans, headed by Italy, are already using mobile TV. Now the future of the mobile market in Eastern Europe rests in a growing interest in mobile TV.
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, 5G, Czech Republic, Digital TV, Hungary, Italy, Market Research, Mobile, Poland, Romania, Russia, Smart TV

Rubberduck Launches Mobile TV Services for Sonofon in Denmark
Jul 1, 2008 – Rubberduck Media Lab (Stockholm: ASP) has launched a comprehensive mobile TV service in Denmark for Sonofon A/S. Rubberduck will deliver and manage Sonofon's new mobile TV portal, providing live news and entertainment content using the 3G network.
News categories: Rubberduck, Sonofon, 5G, Content Distribution, Denmark, Mobile

Mobile video phone sales hit $99B in 2007
Jun 24, 2008 – Infonetics Research has reported that worldwide mobile video phone sales neared $99 billion in 2007 and are expected to grow strongly over the next 5 years, despite the challenge service providers face in making mobile video services profitable.
News categories: Infonetics Research, 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV, Subscribers

Huawei and DiBcom Partner to Offer Mobile TV on an HSPA Datacard
Jun 17, 2008 – DiBcom has announced that its state-of-the-art chipset, the DIB9080-H which includes a tuner and demodulator, is being used by Huawei for its new HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) card called E510.
News categories: DiBcom, Huawei, 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Peripherals / Accessories, Semiconductor, Terrestrial