By Lawrence Casiraya
INQUIRER.net
WHAT I’m holding is a prototype mobile TV handset by Ericsson. This was taken during the demonstration of the unit at CommunicAsia 2007 in Singapore.
Unlike mobile TV handsets by Nokia or Samsung, this one does not receive TV signals via DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld).
That’s because Ericsson’s vision of mobile TV runs on another standard called MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service).
Think of it as some sort of super-fast video streaming on 3G. Ericsson’s vision for mobile TV runs still on much-improved mobile networks. On the other hand, mobile TV on DVB-H runs on a separate parallel network.
Anyway, to get some perspective, I asked Jan Wareby, head of Ericsson’s multimedia business unit and a former VP of Sony Ericsson, how he would describe mobile TV alongside IPTV. Ericsson’s vision of the future home network apparently connects your mobile phone with your TV and your home server. So you can whip out your ultra-connected mobile phone and show your latest YouTube discovery to anyone interested.
June 27th, 2007 at 8:49 am
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