Industry attacks Commission support for DVB-H

Although InfoSoc Commissioner Viviane Reding has backed down from her threat to mandate DVB-H as the single European standard for mobile television, her continuing attempts to persuade member states to adopt the technology are raising industry hackles.

There are several DVB-H services already in operation in Europe, and three major multinational operators, Telefonica O2, Vodafone and T-Mobile, are launching a combined DVB-H service in the major German market next year. However few people in the telecoms industry agree with Reding's contention that "DVB-H has already emerged as the winner in Europe" and nobody PolicyTracker interviewed thought DVB-H either should or would emerge as the single European standard.

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