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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
TTPCom Brings Television to the Mobile with Low-Power DVB-H Technology
Cambridge, UK, March 9, 2005. TTPCom Ltd, the world’s leading independent
supplier of digital wireless technology, today announces the availability of
its DVB-H demodulator/decoder technology. Semiconductor vendors will be able
to deploy high performance DVB-H receiver solutions quickly and cost
effectively using this intellectual property from TTPCom. Available in the
form of a system implementation in RTL design, it enables TV reception on
next generation handheld devices and mobile phones.
TTPCom's intellectual property enables semiconductor manufacturers to deploy
high performance DVB-H receiver solutions quickly, cost effectively and at
much reduced risk. The design may be readily integrated within existing
baseband IC architectures to enable broadcast multi-media content reception
on next generation handheld devices, displays and mobile phones.
TTPCom’s DVB-H design builds on a highly successful DVB-T demodulator/
decoder that has been licensed by many of the world’s leading semiconductor
companies and features in many commercial digital set-top boxes on the
market. To date, TTPCom's semiconductor designs have appeared in well over
300M mobile phones. As a result, the company fully understands handset
manufacturers' requirements for integrated cellular handset system
solutions. This expertise, which encompasses mobile antennae to
applications, coupled with TTPCom's unrivalled understanding of DVB receiver
design, makes the company an ideal partner for DVB-H product development.
TTPCom's in-depth understanding of DVB receiver design combined with its
ability to provide a complete, integrated cellular handset system solution
from antenna to applications makes TTPCom an ideal partner for DVB-H product
development.
Paul Hanlon, DVB-H product manager at TTPCom comments: “The ability to
deliver broadcast multi-media content to mobile phones and handheld devices
opens up huge new opportunities for the industry from operators and
broadcasters seeking to increase their revenue per subscriber through to
cellular handset manufacturers seeking to increase market share by
introducing exciting new product features such as digital mobile TV".
TTPCom's intimate understanding of handset manufacturers’ requirements and
the importance of low power consumption for mobile/battery powered
applications has resulted in a dedicated hardware design, without an
embedded processor that really meets their needs. The demodulator/ decoder
design supports a variety of low IF and zero IF front end tuner
architectures and provides standard MPEG transport stream and IP data stream
outputs. Both DVB-H and DVB-T receiver functionality is supported on a
common hardware platform so enabling devices to be targeted at both markets.
About DVB-H
Building on the Digital Video Broadcasting Project’s (DVB) successful DVB-T
transmission standard, DVB-H includes the following new features that
optimise it for handheld and devices: lower battery consumption, cell
identifiers to support quicker signal scan and frequency handover and
methods of improving signal strength in a mobile environment. This has been
achieved by adding time-slicing for power saving, COFDM 4K mode reception,
MPE-FEC decoding and in depth de-interleaver for additional robustness and
mobility and enhancements in signalling. . For more information visit:
http://www.dvb.org/
About TTPCom
Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, TTPCom Ltd. is the principal operating
subsidiary of TTP Communications plc (LSE: TTC). The company develops
intellectual property used in the design and manufacture of wireless
communication terminals. TTPCom licenses its technology to leading
semiconductor and terminal manufacturers worldwide, including Analog
Devices, Intel, LG, NEC, Renesas, Sharp, Siemens and Toshiba.
TTPCom has established a world leading position with its GPRS, EDGE and 3G
protocol software; offers rapid customisation of handsets through its AJAR
applications framework; and for those manufacturers for whom a fast time to
market is critical, TTPCom also offers complete handset and module designs.
More than 40 million devices using TTPCom technology were shipped during
2004. More information can be found on TTPCom’s website at:
http://www.ttpcom.com.
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