ETSI ratifies publication of FLO Air Interface Specification for Terrestrial Mobile Multimedia Multicast.
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) - in collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union and CENELEC - has approved publication of FLO Air Interface Specification.The FLO Forum - guardian of the Qualcomm-developed technology - says the ratification further establishes FLO as a means of deploying mobile TV technology in Europe and is another step to unifying the standard globally.
This in turn, says FLO Forum, will create economies of scale in the value chain.
The issue of broadcast mobile TV in Europe is a political hot potato, with the European Commission backing the rival DVB-H technology.
To date, FLO-based mobile TV services have been launched in the US by Verizon Wireless and AT&T.
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Dr. Kamil A. Grajski, president of the FLO Forum, said: “Cooperation between these leading standards development organisations has created the basis for the coordinated ratification of a single, global FLO air interface standard.
"While market fragmentation in Europe or elsewhere is always of concern, the FLO Forum believes it is vitally important to the industry, consumers and society-at-large to have technology innovation and competition based on global standards combined with market-based selection mechanisms.”
