DVB-H services are due to available in Switzerland from mid-May 2008. The Swisscom website indicates that 20 of the 30 services that are currently available streamed over the Vodafone Live! service will be broadcast in higher quality using DVB-H. They are branding this service as the "HD" offering within the Bluewin TV Mobile service.

More information: www.swisscom.ch

Switzerland.
The service will be launched in Zurich, Berne, Basel and Geneva by the time the Euro 2008 football championships kick off in June '08.

Coverage map available here. 44% of the population is to be covered at launch

At the end of September 2007 and following a criteria-based competition, the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) awarded Swisscom the licence to set up digital mobile TV in Switzerland based on the DVB-H standard. (Swisscom Broadcast is licensed to operate the DVB-H network in Swizterland)

info.broadcasting@swisscom.com

Service was due to be available byJune 2008, for the UEFA EURO 2008. Swisscom currently indicate that the service will be available to subscribers by mid-May.

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To watch the DVB-H "HD" channels on the Bluewin TV Mobile service subscribers will have to first obtain a DVB-H enabled mobile phone, sold by Swisscom as a "HD-Natel". The cost of these phones is unclear at the time of writing.
Subscription to the service is likely to be purchased on top of a basic talk & text package.

There are 30 channels available on the Vodafone Live! service. Of these, 20 are to be available on the DVB-H service (in superiour quality):

Pro 7, RTL, SAT 1, VOX, SF1, SF2, SF Info, VIVA Schweiz, MTV, Eurosport, TSR1, TSR2, TF1, France 2, France 3, M6 Suisse, TSI1, TSI2, RAI Uno, Canale 5.

Subscription to the service is indicated as CHF 16 per month or CHF 2 per day.

NEC and R&S

All allotments are within Band IV

Target is 8K, QAM, GI ¼ , CR ½, MPFEC off

100%

MPEG-4 H.264 video

Open (not part of the launch)

OMA BCast DRM for the launch. Later on OMA Bcast Smartcard

NOKIA MBS 3.2 system

For the launch : All OMA BCAST DRM compliant mobile terminals
Later on : All OMA BCAST Smartcard compliant mobile terminal
(Every terminal has to be certified by Swisscom Broadcast)

Launch models have not yet been revealed.

(Last update 24/04/2008)