Monday, 14 July 2008
Benefits of GPRS Streaming
The Qeeps platform delivers live mobile video streaming over GPRS, and does not require the mobile phone to have 3G coverage. This is a key point we like to explain to our customers, and this is why.
With GPRS you only get a tiny usable bandwidth of ~20kbps, compared to upwards of 80kbps - somtimes upto maybe 200kbps with 3G. This means that delivering video over 3G is a walk in the park as there is a good amount of bandwidth to use. Compressing video to work over 3G is pretty easy, and its the approach some other mobile solutions use.
However, 3G is not widely available even in technologically advanced countries like the UK - never mind abroad. Video encoded for 3G would be pretty unwatchable if you suddenly drop into standard GPRS coverage.
Moreover, with mobile data you are charged based on usage and not time. This means that if you are consuming 5 times the amount of data for 3G streaming, you are being charged 5 times as much by your mobile operator.
At Qeeps we use the proven GPRS streaming technology of Vemotion, who have been developing this technology for over 5 years. Our GPRS streaming, using H.264, gives amazing results at the low bandwidth of GPRS. This means that it will work reliably and consistently pretty much anywhere you can imagine.
With GPRS you only get a tiny usable bandwidth of ~20kbps, compared to upwards of 80kbps - somtimes upto maybe 200kbps with 3G. This means that delivering video over 3G is a walk in the park as there is a good amount of bandwidth to use. Compressing video to work over 3G is pretty easy, and its the approach some other mobile solutions use.
However, 3G is not widely available even in technologically advanced countries like the UK - never mind abroad. Video encoded for 3G would be pretty unwatchable if you suddenly drop into standard GPRS coverage.
Moreover, with mobile data you are charged based on usage and not time. This means that if you are consuming 5 times the amount of data for 3G streaming, you are being charged 5 times as much by your mobile operator.
At Qeeps we use the proven GPRS streaming technology of Vemotion, who have been developing this technology for over 5 years. Our GPRS streaming, using H.264, gives amazing results at the low bandwidth of GPRS. This means that it will work reliably and consistently pretty much anywhere you can imagine.
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