Wipro acquires Nokia's mobile TV unit

Indian IT services major, Wipro has acquired Nokia's enterprise-focused Nokia Broadcast Solutions unit for a yet to be decided sum according to reports. The unit employed 40 people for creating software and hardware to enable mobile TV technology on the phone locate and access the broadcasting network.

The divestment enables Nokia to focus on the consumer side of its business rather than the B2B part.

Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution is basically a DVB-H server platform for commercial mobile TV services. It can utilise the current TV content with little impact to the existing production systems.

Nokia was targeting a client base including broadcasters and telecom operators with the service. According to industry sources given Wipro's presence in telecom space it does appear to be an interesting acquisition. Indian operators will source video content extensively once the 3G auction takes place they add.

Digital video broadcasting – handheld (DVB-Handheld) is an adaptation of European technology for over-the-air DTV broadcast to homes.

DVB-H integrates orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) that allows efficient use of available bandwidth.

OFDM allows the transmission of multiple signals in one bandwidth space and spread data them over multiple data streams.