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MultiChoice is very keen to launch a mobile TV service, but ICASA is keeping them back
MultiChoice is very keen to launch a mobile TV service, but ICASA is keeping them back
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chopsky
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"but ICASA is keeping them back"
Well, what the hell is new. I wonder what it must be like working at ICASA. Knowing that your job consists only of getting in other people's way. Their sole purpose is the obstruction of progress.
To hell with the "public welfare".
Well, what the hell is new. I wonder what it must be like working at ICASA. Knowing that your job consists only of getting in other people's way. Their sole purpose is the obstruction of progress.
To hell with the "public welfare".
LazyLion
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haha, ICASA you silly guys, how I hate you with a passion! 
Take a few arrogant, uneducated, lazy, corrupt morons and throw them together into a committee multiplying their ineptitude and buffoonery by a factor of a thousand. Then you might have something that closely describes ICASA.
Take a few arrogant, uneducated, lazy, corrupt morons and throw them together into a committee multiplying their ineptitude and buffoonery by a factor of a thousand. Then you might have something that closely describes ICASA.
Voiceover
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Does anyone pick up the DStv Mobile service with a Nokia N96?
I get the programme guide and can see the channels on my Nokia N96 although I am not able to subscribe to the service. I know that DStv are currently running a trial and all my efforts to be part of that trial haven't worked.
Since ICASA are dragging their heels with awarding licenses to DVB-H operators, I would think that anyone with a DVB-H enabled handset would love to take part in such a trial.
Surely someone knows someone who's part of the research company that is conducting the trial and can assist in enabling the trial service on users handsets?
I get the programme guide and can see the channels on my Nokia N96 although I am not able to subscribe to the service. I know that DStv are currently running a trial and all my efforts to be part of that trial haven't worked.
Since ICASA are dragging their heels with awarding licenses to DVB-H operators, I would think that anyone with a DVB-H enabled handset would love to take part in such a trial.
Surely someone knows someone who's part of the research company that is conducting the trial and can assist in enabling the trial service on users handsets?
sparticus
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3 years ago we were one of the first countries in teh world to launch mobile TV even though on a trial basis only , today we lagging behind. A friend of mine had a sagon (Ithink) handset and was one of the lucky ones to get to trial the WC back then , it was simply put awesome , I was convinced that I would be able to have that technology within a year and I wonder why I am so surpise at the lack of price decreases now that Seaom is a reality !! We have the technology , hell we even have the great support , we just need the fat cats to get out of teh way
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haha, ICASA you silly guys, how I hate you with a passion!
Take a few arrogant, uneducated, lazy, corrupt morons and throw them together into a committee multiplying their ineptitude and buffoonery by a factor of a thousand. Then you might have something that closely describes ICASA.
I think they are the biggest problem with telecoms in SA
drukkie
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The trial ended a few months ago...so no you would not be able to sign up...I was part of untill my sagem was stolen...but yes you got a phone and channels free if you were a multichoice subscriber...i still remember sticking my phone with prestick to the dashboard watching soccer world cup while sitting in traffic!
I am not sure of the latest but for the 'free' trial which was after the initial 'open' trial you needed a SIM card that's enabled for the decoding. The MTN one used to say 'TV' on the back (instead of '3G' or something else). Some of the dealers may have one or two lying around in a draw still. Then I think you need a handset that can work with the sim to support the decoding features. The Sagem worked and then the Samsung, but after that I'm not sure if the operators bothered any more.
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@entrepr I did manage to get hold of a TV sim from MTN and have confirmed with MTN that everything is enabled on my account to receive Mobile TV from their side and all is needed is to have my sim registered with DStv. However the DStv Mobile call center are not activating these cards anymore and have handed over that task to an external company.
The N96 uses the standard DVB-H framework as used with other similar handsets that were available such as the Sagem and Samsung.
Bare in mind that the advert that's been airing on DStv advertising the DStv Mobile service in certain countries in Africa use a Nokia N96 to demonstrate how the service works!
The N96 uses the standard DVB-H framework as used with other similar handsets that were available such as the Sagem and Samsung.
Bare in mind that the advert that's been airing on DStv advertising the DStv Mobile service in certain countries in Africa use a Nokia N96 to demonstrate how the service works!
OK. Thank you for the update - you are one step ahead. Who is the 3rd party - is it MMobile? It seems that www.dstvmobile.co.za is also rather out-of-date. I hope you eventually manage to connect. The original Nokia's supported the DVB-H open standard but not the extra level of SIM-based subscription that some broadcasters (used to smart-card based access restriction in their industry) wanted, to reduce piracy risk.