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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Commission on Wednesday endorsed a Nokia-backed mobile TV standard called DVB-H, saying Europe needed to pick one technology over others and promising to look at ways to mandate its use.
Europe's choice of DVB-H, or Digital Video Broadcasting for Handhelds, was expected. The move will likely prevent rival standards, such as U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc.'s MediaFLO and others developed by Chinese and South Korean manufacturers, from gaining ground in the world's richest market. The European Union has 490 million consumers.
DVB-H is an open standard that can be licensed by anyone. It was developed by European research institutes, has already lined up support from a group of companies headed by handset maker Nokia.
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