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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedDCB-H market gains chip support from Qualcomm, backing from Microsoft.(News)
RCR Wireless News, March, 2006
Byline: PHIL CARSON Call it hedging your bets. Qualcomm Inc. said it is developing chipsets based on a rival mobile television standard-Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, or DVB-H-even while it works to complete its own MediaFlo network in the United States. Qualcomm is spending about $800 million to build its MediaFlo network, and, so far, Verizon Wireless has agreed to deliver MediaFlo content to its subscribers once the network is up and running.
Qualcomm is both building the network and supplying MediaFlo chips to handset vendors. While Qualcomm expects to complete its mobile television network this year, it's not yet clear when carriers will be able to offer the handsets and subscription plans to make the service available to the public....
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