今天,上海贝尔阿尔卡特公司副总裁吴斌向天极Chinabyte澄清了此事,“这件事发生后,我们与Olivier Coste先生进行了沟通,‘CMMB在本质上与我们所从事的内容十分接近’的中文翻译并不能恰如其分地表达Olivier Coste先生的本意。Coste要陈述的是DVB-SH和STiMi在天地一体的基本设计思想和频率的选择上比较接近。”
以下是《EE Times》杂志《China mobile TV spec similar to Europe's DVB-SH》原文:
HONG KONG — China's new broadcast mobile TV spec bears a striking resemblance to a European satellite spec called DVB-SH. That may help chip and infrastructure providers leverage their R&D investments, but it could also raise some sticky IP issues.
"The basics are very, very close to what we have been working on, so we believe the technology we are developing for Europe can be quite easily adapted to the Chinese market," said Olivier Coste, president of Alcatel/Lucent's Mobile Broadcast unit.
In October, a government ministry rolled out a spec called China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB). It is based on homegrown technology known as STiMi, short for Satellite and Terrestrial Interactive Multi-service Infrastructure. The service operates in the 2.6GHz frequency, using 25MHz of bandwidth to offer 25 video and 30 radio channels; plus some data channels.
Some officials have hinted that the standard would be mandatory, effectively blocking the potential nationwide deployment of Europe's DVB-Handheld, Qualcomm's Media-FLO and South Korea's Terrestrial-DMB.