2nd
Phase : Roadmap Project
The
second phase of the project will enable the realization of the project objective
of assisting the African countries in making their own roadmap to shift smoothly
from analogue to digital terrestrial TV and on the use of mobile TV. This phase
is scheduled to be carried out between November 2008 and October 2009.
In
the course of the second phase of the project;
·
Guidelines will be developed on transition from analogue to digital broadcasting
and mobile TV (MTV) as this
will
provide a fundamental
framework for the transition to digital broadcasting
which covers the whole
aspects of DTTV and MTV
including all the areas related:
regulatory, legislation, spectrum, technologies, network planning,
customer awareness, and business plan,
·
Roadmaps will be customized for selected countries based on developed guidelines
in order to align the
guidelines
with the specific infrastructure, environmental issues and timescales of the
pilot countries,
·
Pilot systems for digital terrestrial television broadcasting and digital mobile
TV will be deployed in selected countries
for them to experience digital broadcasting,
·
Impact assessment report will be prepared to be submitted to African
broadcasters to promote investment in digital and mobile TV broadcasting to
narrow the digital divide in the region.
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