OAKLAND, Calif. -- Globetouch, a world-leading provider of global connectivity solutions, today announced that RTL Belgium, the country’s leading broadcaster, is using its global ecosystem based on CloudSIM technology for live streaming from outside broadcasts. This gives RTL low latency data connectivity with unlimited usage on a pay as you go basis over mobile networks abroad, with no roaming costs.

The widespread availability of 3G connectivity, combined with technical improvements in devices that enable streaming from cameras or trucks in the field, make mobile networks a viable alternative to the satellite communications traditionally used for outside broadcasting. For broadcasters such as RTL Belgium, unplanned events occur more frequently than in the past all over the world, and mobile connectivity allows much greater agility to cover these. Reporters can get on site and start streaming far more quickly than with traditional satellite news gathering set ups in large trucks.

RTL Belgium chose Globetouch because of the worldwide coverage of its ecosystem, comprising of local Mobile Network Operators (MNO) in each country, with the crucial capability for the high capacity at low latency essential for streaming live high definition video. According to François-Xavier Van Leeuw, Cameramen Manager at RTL: “It cuts all the hassle out of events coverage abroad, ensuring we have both the availability and quality of foreign networks. Now Globetouch takes care of all that complexity.”

Globetouch Inc.