The CONFLUENT project will deliver prerequisites for the commercial exploitation of services combining UMTS and DVB-T, crucial to which is the availability of handheld terminals for high speed operation with low power consumption. The development in CONFLUENT of an integrated solution for space diversity reception of DVB-T using low-power front-end processing is a significant step towards the realisation of such terminals. Such terminals would provide widely available alternative platforms for Internet access thus contributing to one of the commission's main objectives, giving everyone access to the Internet.

The CONFLUENT project takes important steps towards the commercial offering of services combining the offering of broadcast and broadband networks. The commission strong believes that the provision of such services is the role of the private not the public sector. For the private sector to offer such services it must be possible to market such services to a critical mass of users. For this to be possible standardisation and regulation must be in place so that services can be offered at a European level. Recommendations for standardisation and regulation have force when made across industry sectors and through telecommunications administrations as then the recommendations have governmental support. CONFLUENT brings together partners across industry sectors that jointly are able to make a broad input to European standardisation and regulation initiatives. National administrations will be asked to support the recommendations of CONFLUENT.

IFA 2003 Berlin, Germany

Confluent Stand at Dibcom

Confluent Stand at IRT

Confluent Stand at TU-BS

Confluent Guided Tour in the Car (IRT)

Confluent Guided Tour in the Car (T-Systems)