Tele10 Rwanda to launch mobile TV offering

Eugene Nyagahene, CEO, Tele10, told the AfricaCast stream at AfricaCom yesterday that the service would be launched in the next three months and that negotiations were under way with 3G and 4G operators, based on a revenue-sharing model.

The service will deliver a mix of 25 TV channels, video-on-demand and catch-up content.

Net-M will provide the service over its OTT platform. Mobibase will deliver premium content. The third partner, Cyberroute Germany, will provide marketing services. The service will include local advertising which can be tailored according to the cell over which the service is being delivered.

Local content will be key to driving the mobile TV business in Africa, said Nyagahene. He said he believed WatchAfrica could compete in the market alongside existing services such as iROKOtv and Buni TV.

Nyagahene said that Tele10′s strategy was to customise content for Africa, delivering a mix of local news, catch-up TV, edutainment, short movies and documentaries, event channels and “special content” such as Big Brother Africaand adult content.

source: www.digitaltveurope.net

3G specifications

This is a set of standards used for mobile devices and mobile telecommunication use services and networks that comply with the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) specifications by the International Telecommunication Union. 3G finds application in wireless voice telephony, mobile Internet access, fixed wireless Internet access, video calls and mobile TV.

Several telecommunications companies market wireless mobile Internet services as 3G, indicating that the advertised service is provided over a 3G wireless network. Services advertised as 3G are required to meet IMT-2000 technical standards, including standards for reliability and speed (data transfer rates). To meet the IMT-2000 standards, a system is required to provide peak data rates of at least 200 kbit/s (about 0.2Mbit/s). However, many services advertised as 3G provide higher speed than the minimum technical requirements for a 3G service. Recent 3G releases, often denoted 3.5G and 3.75G, also provide mobile broadband access of several Mbit/s to smartphones and mobile modems in laptop computers.