A digital mobile phone network infrastructure includes a plurality of
radio base stations in communication with a plurality of mobile
communications devices over a radio interface. In a method according to
the invention packetized streamed media data is buffered within the
network infrastructure and this data is then sent to a mobile
communications device when traffic across the radio interface is low. The
data may be transmitted at a lower than usual quality of service.
Preferably the mobile communications device buffers the streamed data
until reception is complete before the data stream is played to a user.
Aspects of the invention also include a mobile communications device and
a streamed media data controller for implementing the method. The method
allows more efficient use of a network capacity and in particular allows
the provision of high quality multimedia bulletins to mobile phone users
at times of peak loading.