About The TV Handsets
2 min readTV Handset Standard Develops from DMB to DVB-H
There are two kinds of network to transmit TV handset program:one is based on mobile telecommunication network，the other is based on broadcasting network.
Currently，broadcasting network develops prior to mobile telecommunication network.
S/T-DMB and DVB-H standards develop faster than Media FLO and，the development of TDMB in Korea and China has become highlighted.Media FLO and ISDB-T standards from America and Japan are mainly used for their own countries.Among these standards，S-DMB was the first one used for commerce and that was adopted by Korea in May 2005.Then in Dec 2005，the S-DMB was replaced by T-DMB in Korea.TV Handset based on DVBH standard has been officially used for commerce since May 2006.Considering from the view of the world，DVB-H has great potential for development.
Global Sales of TV Handsets Based on Different Standards The global sales of TV handsets that supporting S-DMB standard reached 4.46 million units in 2005.It is forecasted that by the end of 2009，the global sales of TV handset will exceed 42 million units.The sales of TV handset that supporting DVB-H standard will greatly increase in the near future.
The Diversification Trend of China’s TV Handset Standards，the Providers of TV Handset Solutions will take Multi-model and Multi-frequency-range as the Access to Market.
In China，there will be many TV handset standards at the same time.Currently，among the three trial cities，Shanghai adopts T-DMB/L-Band frequency range；Beijing and Guangzhou adopt T-DMB/Band-III.Nokia has been looking for the opportunity to test its DVB-H TV handset standard in China.Furthermore，Tsinghua University is developing its DMB-TH standard based on DMB-T.
