May 2009 - All DVB-H trials in Poland have been
completed; the granting of an official licence is awaited.
26 November 2007
The Office of Electronic Communications in Poland (UKE)
is inviting all interested parties to participate in large scale
DVB-H mobile TV tests during 2008.
The UKE has already issued 11 radio licences for mobile TV trials
of this type, but believes that this further activity is necessary
due to recent statements of support for DVB-H at EU Commission
level. Poland will co-host the 2012 European Football Championships
with the Ukraine.
(See also: Emitel DVB-H Trial Warsaw)
Here is the full text of the UKE Press Annoucement relating
to this activity:
INVITATION TO DVB-H TESTS
"The Office of Electronic Communications notes increased
interest in the implementation of mobile TV in Poland according
to the DVB-H standard (Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds).
Until now the Office of Electronic Communications has issued 11
radio licences for trial transmissions of this type.
On 18 July 2007 the European Commission (the EC) adopted a strategy
favouring the take-up of mobile TV across all EU Member States
in a uniform DVB-H standard. The Commission urged Member States
to accelerate the deployment of mobile TV. The Commission concluded
that in order for Europe to remain competitive in the market for
mobile radiocommunication services (in terms of creating new jobs,
business oportunities for service providers, hardware manufacturers
and content creators and bringing new types of services) it is
necessary to implement mobile TV.
Currently some 3.5 m Europeans use mobile TV. According to analysts’
forecasts in 2011, i.e. short before the European Football Championship
(EURO 2012) organised in Poland and Ukraine, some 500 m people
all over the world are going to use it. The analysis for the European
Commission shows that in 2009 the world mobile TV market will
reach the value of 11.4 billion euro and in 2015 as much as 20
billion euro.
Experts say that the year 2008 may be important for the development
of mobile TV in the European Union because of major sports events
such as the European Football Championship or summer Olympic Games,
which will favour the launch and promotion of services offered
in this system.
For this reason undertakings associated in the Polish Chamber
of Information Technology and Telecommunications (PIIT) have undertaken
an initiative to carry out in 2008 large scale trial transmissions
in the DVB-H system.
In order to ensure equal treatment, the President of UKE invited
all interested parties, especially the operators of transmission
networks (mobile, broadcasting, access and others), hardware manufacturers
and content creators (including broadcasters) to participate in
common mobile TV tests in the DVB-H standard
The President of UKE, in cooperation with the industry, will
lay down the rules for common tests and for the participation
of particular groups of interested parties according to their
competence."