Ericon and Vodaphone Germany in first live LTE broadcast trial

Vodafone Germany is the first European carrier to conduct live tests with LTE Broadcast in collaboration with communications technology and services provider Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies and Samsung. The trial took place at Borussia M nchengladbachs stadium on Saturday 22 February, when they played 1899 Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

LTE Broadcast - also known as evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (eMBMS) - puts no additional load on the network, enabling smartphone users in device dense locations to watch TV channels in high quality.

"There is growing demand for high quality video content on mobile devices and LTE Broadcast gives our customers a brand new mobile media experience," said Eric Kuisch, CTO Vodafone Germany. "This technology enables multiple broadcast sessions to be viewed simultaneously, so our customers will be able to watch Skys Premiere League Summary or exclusive video content from the stadium theyre in."

Thomas Nor n, head of product area radio, added: "This first test in Europe is an important milestone for the European mobile telecommunications sector. LTE Broadcast will soon be delivering unlimited TV or video content to people in device dense places such as stadiums, public viewing areas or shopping centres. I enjoy watching a good match at the stadium and its going to be an even more exciting experience when I can watch the replay of the scene that lead to a penalty or goal or check up on the progress of the toughest competing teams in the league while my teams playing.

As part of Vodafone Germanys network modernisation programme, LTE Broadcast could soon be available in further German stadia.

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