Global IPTV revenue reaches $423.9m

According to a new report from Infonetics Research – “IPTV (News – Alert) Equipment, Services, Subscribers, and Capex” – global IPTV equipment revenue reached $423.9 million in the first quarter of.. more

OMTA promotes standard for VoIP on cellphones

The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Alliance (OMTA), a mobile-phone industry body which aims to steer the development of handsets, has published new guidelines on provisioning and maintaining VoIP settings on new.. more

Report forecasts 50 million HDTV units by 2008

According to a new report from Global Industry Analysts, Inc, the HDTV market is expected to exceed 50-million units by 2008. The report, entitled “HDTV: A Global Strategic Business Report”, states.. more

OmniVision and Scalado collaborate on camera phones

OmniVision Technologies, the US-based image sensor company, and Scalado, the Swedish mobile imaging software specialist, are working together to make camera phones more user-friendly. As part of the collaboration, OmniVision has added hardware to its new 3-megapixel OV3640 CameraChip, to optimise a camera’s ability to.. more

Eurotariff set to cut roaming charges

The new EU Roaming Regulation will come into force on 30 June, cutting roaming charges across all 27 EU member states. The regulation, which will run for three years, requires mobile phone operators to offer a eurotariff of a maximum €0.49 per minute for making.. more

Vonage launches USB internet phone

Vonage has introduced the V-Phone, an internet telephone on a USB stick with its own ‘virtual’ telephone number. V-Phone simply plugs into a USB port on a computer with a 300MHz processor or higher, and the software launches itself from the stick. A virtual keyboard.. more

BBC launches iPlayer

The BBC has launched its on-demand TV service, iPlayer, as part of its internet TV strategy and to meet the growing interest in television on demand. The corporation has made a beta version of the service available to the public, just two months after securing.. more

Tangerine Global reveals 5 new HDTV channels

Tangerine Global, which provides HDTV programming for the five-star hospitality industry, is launching five new HDTV channels. The new channels, which will screen in hotel rooms, are: • Tangerine Green HD which aims to inform viewers of products and technologies which help to balance an.. more

NEC Electronics ships 8MP camera phone chip

NEC Electronics Corp has started to ship samples of CE131, an image processing LSI for use in camera phones, which is capable of capturing 8MP images. This is 1.6 times the resolution of the current market version of the LSI, which captures 5MP. The LSI.. more

AIRcable Bluetooth USB dongle has 30km range

Wireless Cables Inc has released the AIRcable Host XR, a USB Bluetooth adapter with a range of up to 30km with professional installation. AIRcable Host XR has a powerful, highly sensitive Bluetooth transmitter. A standard antenna is included, giving a range of 1KM – a.. more