Finnish broadcaster Digita is planning the rollout of a DVB-H network in Finland, which it obtained the rights for early this year. “The first stage of network rollout in 2006 will cover the area inside the Ring Road III in the Helsinki region and the cities of Turku, Tampere, and Oulu. The network will reach 29 percent of the population in Finland by the end of 2006.” Naturally it’s using Nokia products for this, specifically the Nokia Broadcast Solution (MBS) 3.0.
Telecoms.com: Digita, Elisa, MTV3, Nelonen, Nokia, Sonera and YLE jointly conducted a mobile TV pilot in Finland between March and June 2005 with 500 users accessing mobile TV using the Nokia 7710 smartphone and DVB-H technology. The results of the pilot were very positive and revealed the popularity and willingness to pay for mobile TV services among consumers, the company said.