Alcatel-Lucent and Telstra have jointly opened a new centre for mobile TV handset testing in Melbourne, Australia, to speed up the terminal introduction process.

Alcatel-Lucent said the facility, the first of its kind outside of France, will help bring mobile TV-ready handsets to market quickly, reducing delivery time from up to three months to just 15 days.  

The center will test up to 100 UMTS 3G-enabled handset models a year including models from the all the major manufacturers to ensure their compatibility and suitability for the network and the anticipated applications and services to be offered.

The two will use the centre to test the compatibility between Alcatel-Lucent’s MiTV application and Telstra’s Mobile Foxtel TV service, as well as the smooth operation of the handsets that Telstra offers to its customers.

Testing will involve Streamezzo, which supplies a rich media client software application to support Alcatel-Lucent’s MiTV application and Mobile Foxtel service on the handsets being offered by Telstra.

Source:telecomasia.net