Berlin

== Telecommunication ==
{{Main|Radio and telecommunication in Berlin}}

[[File:St oberholz.jpg|thumb|Café customers in Berlin Mitte using [[Wi-Fi]] devices]]

Since 2017, the [[digital television]] standard in Berlin and Germany is [[DVB-T2]]. This system transmits [[video compression|compressed]] [[digital audio]], [[digital video]] and other data in an [[MPEG transport stream]].

Berlin has installed several hundred free public [[Wireless LAN]] sites across the capital since 2016. The wireless networks are concentrated mostly in central districts; 650 hotspots (325 indoor and 325 outdoor access points) are installed.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/berlin-to-get-free-public-wi-fi-in-early-2016--1115805| title=Berlin to get free public Wi-Fi in early 2016| publisher=telecompaper|date=26 November 2015|access-date=14 February 2016|archive-date=13 April 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413052105/https://www.telecompaper.com/news/berlin-to-get-free-public-wi-fi-in-early-2016--1115805|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[UMTS]] (3G) and [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] (4G) networks of the three major cellular operators [[Vodafone]], [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]] and [[Telefónica Germany|O2]] enable the use of mobile broadband applications citywide.