(Associated Press via NewsEdge) Nokia and Motorola, the world's top mobile phone makers, said they will work together to make sure their digital video-broadcast enabled handsets are interoperable.
Both companies are using the open technological standard called digital video broadcast-handheld or DVB-H, which enables users to watch TV on their handsets.
'Among the many digital technologies available to deliver mobile TV services, Nokia and Motorola share the view that DVB-H is an effective technology for deploying broadcast mobile TV,' the companies said in a joint release.
Finland's Nokia and US-based Motorola said the market for mobile TV broadcast services would grow throughout 2006, with many pilot projects already under way.
'Operators around the world are evaluating broadcast mobile TV as a compelling new service to offer their subscribers, and interoperability will play a key role in bringing these services to market faster,' said Rob Bero, Motorola's director of broadcast technologies.
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