Lei Ho, Amego: CMMB Vision to test first satellite-based mobile multimedia service in Hong Kong using palm-sized device
Compact Wi-fi router Amego connects to a small antennae to receive signals from AsiaStar L-band spectrum satellite
Hong Kong-listed CMMB Vision Holdings plans to launch its trial of China’s first satellite-based mobile multimedia service in the city this second quarter, with an eye to forming new commercial alliances.
In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, CMMB Vision chairman and chief executive Charles Wong Chau-chi said the company has developed a palm-sized device called Amego for the service.
Amego, which stands for “anywhere mobile entertainment to go”, is a compact Wi-fi router that connects to a small antennae, such as one built in a car, to receive signals from the AsiaStar L-band spectrum satellite, in which CMMB Vision holds exclusive user rights.
Such signals can be retransmitted via the Amego box to a nearby smartphone, tablet or laptop computer within a distance of 100 square metres.
That operation is made possible with the mainland-developed multicast technology known as Converged Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting, which CMMB Vision has long been promoting.
Wong said the trial service in Hong Kong will include from six to 12 live, free-to-air broadcast television channels, “without relying on existing mobile cellular networks, without data limits and without data charges to users”.