ROK launches KOX TV in Russia
The UK-based mobile technologies applications and services company, ROK Entertainment Group and KOX TV, the Russian-based mobile TV service company announced the launch of a carrier-agonistic streamed mobile TV service in Russia.
The target group of the service includes those customers of Russian operators Beeline, MTS, Megafone and Tele 2, who have a data package included in their mobile tariff. Priced at 247 Rubles per month, KOT TV comprises of 12 looped and on-demand TV channels. It also offers free of cost viewing for two weeks.
According to the ROK Chairman, Jonathan Kendrick, the company is delighted launch the first ever such service in Russia, which has been done in response to their expectation of significant demand for live and on-demand mass-market Mobile TV in that country, from the ever-growing number of people with compatible handsets and a data package included in their mobile tariff.
Taiwan approves rate cuts
Taiwan’s government has approved the first cut in the country’s phone tariffs for seven years. The National Communications Commission has given the green light to a proposed 5.35% cut in leased line rates which will be applied annually between 2007 and 2010, Dow Jones reports. Mobile tariffs will fall by 4.88% each year over the same period, although the cut will not be applied to 3G services. The NCC proposed the price drops in October, but operators responded by calling for the regulator to leave pricing to market factors.
Source- telegeography Wireless Mobile Telecom
