FLO wins TIA approval
MediaFLO USA, a division of US chipshop Qualcomm, announced that its Forward Link Only (FLO) mobile TV technology has won approval from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). The TIA has...
View ArticleMediaFLO mobile TV to go live in US
MediaFLO, the mobile TV technology developed by Qualcomm, is expected to get its first commercial outing this weekend, when Verizon Wireless becomes the first operator to launch a service based on the...
View ArticleVerizon unveils TV offerings
As expected, US operator Verizon Wireless announced the launch of its mobile TV service based on the Qualcomm MediaFLO platform on Monday. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Verizon’s new...
View ArticleTaiwan trials MediaFLO
US chip shop Qualcomm said on Sunday that it has been tapped by China Network Systems (CNS) and Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) to conduct a technical trial of the MediaFLO platform in Taipei,...
View ArticleAT&T spends $2.5bn on 700MHz spectrum
US cellco AT&T paid out $2.5bn for a swathe of spectrum in the 700MHz band on Tuesday, positioning the carrier to offer new data services such as mobile TV. AT&T is acquiring the spectrum from...
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MediaFLO dependent on overseas success says FLO TV president
Qualcomm's FLO TV network operations centre International success is essential to the progress of Qualcomm’s MediaFLO mobile TV unit, said Bill Stone, president of FLO TV, the US service based on the...
View ArticleA Knight’s Tale
Many years ago the Informer sat in a university lecture room doodling on his notepad. Back then this was an actual notepad, the whole concept of portable computers being nothing but a geek fantasy....
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Qualcomm hints strongly at Flo TV switch-off
Qualcomm's FLO TV network operations centre US vendor Qualcomm has given the strongest indication yet that it is set to call time on its Flo TV mobile TV service. The firm has announced that it is to...
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Qualcomm confirms Flo TV switch-off and sells spectrum to AT&T
Qualcomm's FLO TV network operations centre Californian technology firm Qualcomm has announced that it is to wind down its mobile TV service, Flo TV, and sell the spectrum in which the service operated...
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LTE broadcast: If at first you don’t succeed…
LTE Broadcast: Mobile TV by another name? There can be no service proposition that better illustrates the gulf between concept and commercial success than mobile TV. A favourite of industry...
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