Starting next June will establish a “demonstration zone” of the digital terrestrial television service in Havana for testing signal transmission and reception in homes in reais, the official note published in the newspaper Granma, the official organ of the Cuban Communist Party.
For these tests the same rule applies Chinese Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcasting (DTMB, for its acronym in English) and used equipment donated by the Asian giant.
Cuba develops the transfer from analogue to digital as part of the agreements signed between the governments of Havana and Beijing to promote technological cooperation.
“demonstration zone” enable adapt “technical, economic and organizational” to continue later “deployment” of digital television in a “staggered” and regions across the country, according to the economic possibilities.
selected neighborhoods
top boxes will be distributed, allowing to receive and display digital signal current TVs neighborhoods selected in order to achieve adequate geographical spread and different reception conditions within the entire area of ??Havana, indicates the note.
be a test, these devices will be delivered at a price of 7.35 pesos (just over 27 cents Cuban convertible pesos equivalent to the same dollar figure), by way of distribution and technical service, without charging the cost of equipment.
Communications Ministry ensures that the current transmission of television signals using analog technology will remain unchanged.
Cuba announced last March that he was “ready” to implement “successfully” test digital television on a “demonstration zone” with a method developed by Chinese experts, for a digital TV International Forum held in Havana.
official Cuban Institute for Telecommunications Research and Development (LACETEL) then said that the island is driven transfer analogue to a digital system under the Chinese standard “serving the needs of society.”
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