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There is no area of technology which has had a greater number of systems proposed for how it should work, than mobile TV, with no less than 12 separate methods of organizing radio signals to carry mobile video, each falling into clearly distinct approaches, and that's not counting simple cellular streaming. Your options are to:

• build a dedicated terrestrial OFDM network
• build a dedicated OFDM hybrid satellite terrestrial network
• use existing audio multiplexes to deliver video as well
• dedicate bandwidth from voice services to broadcasting video
• add a mobile signal in the spectrum which carries digital TV

The right system for a given country depends upon its terrain, existing spectrum allocations, overall wealth, population density, mobile devices penetration and the allegiances' of its operators.

Should WiMAX networks add to this confusion by developing their own technique for mobile TV or should operators look to borrow from what's already there?

Speaker:
Peter White, President, Rethink Research; Editor, Faultline

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