KPN Launches Mobile TV Services in The Netherlands

Dutch operator, KPN has launched a MobileTV service - based on kit supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks. The MobielTV service initially offers 10 television channels with high-quality images. The service is made available through a broadcast network based on the Digital Video Broadcast for Handheld (DVB-H), the European standard for mobile television, and can be watched on DVB-H-enabled mobile devices.

Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks provided KPN with a turnkey head-end solution based on open standards to launch the broadcasts - including the Mobile Broadcast Solution and a broad range of services like consulting, platform integration, project management, support services and turnkey implementation.

In March, the European Commission added DVB-H to the EU List of Standards, which serves as a basis for encouraging harmonized provision of telecommunications services across Europe. The move helps establish a single market for mobile TV in the EU enabling all citizens to watch TV on the move.

Posted to the site on 19th August 2008