Broadcaster Mediatama (?), with the support of the Indonesian Regulatory Board under the Ministry of Communication and Information is currently running a DVB-H trial. It began in June 2006 and will run until December 2006. During this time they plan to evaluate the standard and to gather other user information. The Nokia N92 handset is being used and currently only a limited user group is involved. They are planning to involve a larger group drawn from the general public to get more feedback and evaluation.

More information on this trial will be posted as soon as we receive it. We also received the information below in February 2006 - no further update is available at present:

Nokia and EMTEK (Elang Mahkota Teknologi) Group, an Indonesian telecommunications and media company have annouced their intention to cooperate in conducting a consumer pilot of DVB-H mobile TV services during 2006.

The pilot will include the participation of EMTEK subsidiaries PT Mediatama Citra Abadi (PT MECA) and PT Surya Citra Televisi (SCTV). PT MECA is the main aggregator of the content offering and the broadcast platform operator, while SCTV is the broadcast content provider, and Nokia will supply its DVB-H based Mobile Broadcast Solution as well as the Nokia N92 DVB-H enabled devices.

Scheduled to start in the second half of 2006 and to run for six months, the pilot will enable the parties involved to accurately assess the viability of Mobile TV service in Indonesia. It will test the reception quality of the broadcast coverage, explore different potential business models, and gauge consumer expectations of the service

A press release relating to this announcment is available here.

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We will provide further information regarding these services as soon as possible.
(Last update 30/08/2006)