mobile TV: March 2008 Archives
NextWave Wireless Inc. a global provider of mobile multimedia products and technologies, announced the launch of MXtv, a mobile multicast and broadcast technology that enables WiMAX operators to deliver a broad range of rich and personalized multimedia services including mobile TV, interactive media services, and digital audio without having to invest in new spectrum or additional radio access network equipment.
Utilizing macro-diversity technology that improves broadcast performance over WiMAX channel, MXtv technology, which is completely compatible with the current 802.16e standard, is designed to slash the cost of offering high-quality, mobile broadcast services to subscribers.
In a separate announcement today, NextWave and Huawei Technologies (“Huawei”) announced a joint development agreement under which Huawei will deliver the integrated MXtv technology in its end-to-end WiMAX network solution including Huawei’s fourth-generation base station platform and ASN-GW wireless broadband gateway platforms. MXtv technology is also a standard feature of NextWave’s recently announced own line of WiMAX infrastructure products.
Huawei Technologies launched the world’s first mobile TV capable 3.5G
datacard, the E510, at CEBIT, giving TV capabilities to PCs.
The E510, a small, slim 2M HSUPA stick, comes equipped with mobile TV
functionality that can turn any computer with access to a TV signal
into a television. The device, which enables both mobile TV and mobile
broadband, can be plugged in to PCs and laptops and is suitable for
both professional and entertainment purposes.
