[img]http://www.blogcdn.com/mobile.engadget.com/media/2008/01/samsung-access-mobiledia.jpg
[/img]
Seems Qualcomm wasn't kidding when it said selling off MediaFLO's
spectrum was a possibility now that it's cutting off direct-to-
consumer mobile TV services. BusinessWeek is reporting that the
company has sat down recently with "several carriers" -- though only
AT&T is being called out by name -- presumably with the goal of
fleshing out just how much dinero it could land for offing the
spectrum MediaFLO uses to deliver programming. Qualcomm paid close to
$700 million for the spectrum over the course of the last decade, and
it lies in the 700MHz block -- a block both AT&T and Verizon will
be using extensively as they build out their next-gen networks -- so
it stands to reason they'd both love to buy in, likely at a healthy
premium over what Qualcomm originally paid. There was a time that we
loved the idea of multicast mobile TV programming, but at this point,
doesn't it seem like everything should be going to beef up wireless
broadband?
No comments:
Post a Comment