Friday, March 02, 2007

Touchstone for mobile TV in Asia

An exercise by the Hong Kong regulator is set to gauge the likely popularity of the new Chinese mobile TV standard as well as determine the regulatory approach in a key regional market gearing up for the 2008 Olympics.

Regulators, operators and vendors from around the world will be watching with considerable interest a consultation process set in motion by the Office of the Telecommunications Authority of Hong Kong (Ofta) to determine how mobile television will be regulated. Earlier this month Ofta invited all incumbent telecoms carrier licensees and broadcasters to express their interest in bidding for spectrum for the provision of mobile TV and other digital broadcasting services.

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http://www.policytracker.com/alerts.php?tact=523

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