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

T-Mobile Clinches Mobile TV Deal with SKY
Aug 14, 2007 – T-Mobile has launched its revamped Mobile TV service with the addition of three Sky Mobile TV packages and 24/7 Football to provide customers with more choice than ever before. The deal sees T-Mobile add live Barclays Premier League football, live premium news, a music package and a range of entertainment channels to its existing portfolio of entertainment, sports and news content.
News categories: T-Mobile, BSkyB, 5G, Digital TV, Mobile, UK

Alcatel-Lucent tests DVB-SH S-Band mobile TV with SFR
Jul 9, 2007 – Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) has announced that it is performing a technical test of its solution for broadcast mobile TV using the DVB-SH standard in the S-Band (2.2GHz). This pilot will take place from June to September 2007 in the South-West of France. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Satellite

Yamgo and Tom Horn launch free TV and video sharing for mobiles
May 23, 2007 – Yamgo has signed a technology partnership with Tom Horn enabling Yamgo to launch a global cross-platform mobile video sharing service and the world’s first free-to-view mobile TV network. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, Mobile, Streaming

China's SMG to launch mobile TV
May 23, 2007 – Shanghai Media Group, China’s second-largest media group by revenue, is expected to launch next week the country’s first TV service broadcast directly to mobile phones. More …
News categories: 5G, China, Digital TV, Mobile

46 million mobile video subscribers by 2010
May 10, 2007 – Service provider revenue from mobile video services jumped 317% to almost $200 million worldwide from 2005 to 2006, and is expected to triple in 2007, says market research firm Infonetics Research. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile

France - SFR boasts 140,000 mobile TV subs
Apr 20, 2007 – French mobile phone operator SFR has announced that its 3G mobile TV numbers are up 50% in barely 3 months at 140,000 subscribers, compared to 70,000 at the end of December 2006. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, France, Mobile, Subscribers

Over 240 Million TV-Enabled Handsets and Over $2.9 Billion of Infrastructure Equipment To Be Sold By 2011
Apr 16, 2007 – MRG has announced a sweeping new Mobile TV Market analysis and forecast that provides a ground-up analysis of over 70 trials and deployments, using both the better-known DVB-H and MediaFLO technologies and other technologies like DVB-S, 3G, DAB IP, T-DMB, S-DMB and WiMAX.
News categories: Multimedia Research Group (MRG), 5G, Broadband, Digital TV, Market Research, Mobile, Smart TV

Leading mobile companies endorse OMA BCAST
Apr 13, 2007 – Digitenne, Ericsson, KPN, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, NXP Semiconductors, Sony Ericsson, Telefónica, O2 Europe, T-Mobile, Vodafone and ZTE today announced their support for a Mobile TV implementation profile developed by the bmcoforum. More …
News categories: 5G, Digital TV, Mobile

BenQ selects Siano Mobile TV Receiver Chip for DVB-H Mobile Phones
Apr 11, 2007 – Siano Mobile Silicon has announced that its SMS1010 multi-standard mobile TV receiver chip has been selected by Taiwan’s leading brand consumer electronics maker BenQ to enable MDTV in BenQ’s 3G and 2.5G mobile phones. More …
News categories: 5G, Mobile, Semiconductor