MediaFLO trials under way, but company not telling much more.

RCR Wireless News, October, 2006

Byline: JONI MORSE Qualcomm Inc.'s highly anticipated MediaFLO mobile TV service is gaining momentum as Sprint Nextel Corp. confirmed it was conducting trials using the network technology and could soon join initial launch carrier Verizon Wireless in offering the service to consumers.

The additional support could be crucial as competing mobile TV services come online. Sprint Nextel said it had branded its MediaFLO trial as "Vue'' to help participants distinguish between the trial and its current mobile TV offering from MobiTV, which is delivered via Sprint Nextel's CDMA2000 1x EV-DO cellular network. The company explained that its PowerVision services provide sports and entertainment news, as well as more than 50 video and audio channels of live and...

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