“ICO is expanding its relationship with Alcatel- Lucent. We have confi- dence in their ability based on both their leadership in DVB-SH development and their extensive experience in systems design and deployment.”
— T I M B R Y A N , C E O , I C O
ICO GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, U N I T E D S T A T E S
Alcatel-Lucent is working with ICO Global Communications to launch a market trial of ICO’s Mobile Interactive Media (“MIM”) services. As ICO’s mobile TV partner, Alcatel-Lucent will provide end-to-end network inte- gration services as well as equipment, engineering and implementation serv- ices. The MIM service offering will be launched over ICO’s integrated satellite and terrestrial network and is the first deployment worldwide of a hybrid satellite and terrestrial solution using the new DVB-SH mobile broad- casting standard.
ICO MIM will provide full-duplex, IP data communication services using GMR air interface technology, a full suite of interactive mobile video products using DVB-SH, and interac- tive navigation, all via an integrated satellite and terrestrial terminal and antenna system.
S F R ( V O D A F O N E G R O U P ) , F R A N C E
Alcatel-Lucent has been testing DVB-SH technology for broadcast mobile TV in the S Band with SFR.
This technical test of Alcatel- Lucent’s Unlimited Mobile TV solution in the South-West part of France uses SFR’s operational 3G mobile infrastructure and pre- commercial DVB-SH elements for the broadcast portion of the network.
The pilot program allows SFR to evaluate the capability of the Alcatel- Lucent solution to make mobile TV available to a large audience with high-quality mobile TV channels.
It has tested various usage conditions, such as inside and outside buildings, as well as in moving vehicles.
