KPN Launches MobielTV Service

KPN, a telecommunications and ICT service provider in the Netherlands, has launched MobielTV service, which will enable Dutch mobile users watch up to 10 television channels. Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks have joined forces to enable the service.

The MobielTV service will initially offer 10 television channels 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.

The solutions offered by Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks are based on the open DVB-H standards. They allow short implementation time as well as end-to-end capability, combining the equipment, services and devices to create a solution for mobile TV service providers.

Bart Ierschot, director of KPN Broadcast Services, said: “We are glad to be among the first to launch mobile television broadcasts in Europe. This timely launch has been possible thanks to our choice of partners – Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks, who are market leaders in providing open standard DVB-H service platforms.”