KPN launches mobile TV service in Netherlands with Nokia technology

Finnish telecomms infrastructure company Nokia Siemens Networks, owned by the Finnish telecomms solutions provider Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and the German electrical engineering and electronics company Siemens, said on Tuesday (19 August) that ten television channels are now available across the Netherlands through a mobile television solution from Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks.

Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks provided the telecomms group KPN with a turnkey head-end solution based on open standards to launch broadcasts on the MobielTV service.

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.

More channels are expected to be included in the offering in the future, the company said.

KPN targets summer Olympics launch for DVB-H

Dutch incumbent KPN has revealed plans to launch its mobile Digital Video Broadcasting – Handheld (DVB-H) service in the Netherlands to coincide with the start of the summer Olympics in Beijing.

The new service will be offered over the company’s Digitenne DTT service. No details about packages, subscription plans or services have been released. KPN is the sole company licensed to provide DVB-H in the Netherlands although it is expected to wholesale its mobile TV service to the country’s other cellcos – Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange.