savramesh 37 Report post Posted February 17, 2010 Source Qualcomm Inc, the company that provides the popular mobile TV broadcast network – FLO TV, has made enhancements to the technology deployed by it. The upgrade was announced by the Qualcomm at the Mobile World Congress 2010 being held in Barcelona. FLO-EV the evolved version of the existing MediaFLO technology has been developed by Qualcomm. Through the deployment of this enhanced technology Qualcomm would be able to launch its mobile TV service in international market. Furthermore, the FLO-EV technology enables to install the mobile TV operations in a region at an affordable cost. It has been estimated that the costs can be lowered by 30-50% by using FLO-EV technology. It also offers the opportunity to expand the number of TV channels that can be offered. Currently with the use of MediaFlo technology Qualcomm could air its FLO TV mobile TV broadcast in US cities. Mobile TV is emerging as one of the most popular mediums with the increasing usage of the mobile phones across the globe. The competition is on a toll in the mobile TV broadcast domain with new players joining the race and the existing players constantly working upon to offer the services with a difference. Observing this trend Qualcomm is looking forward to retain its stance and has to keep investing in the technology. The FLO-EV technology possess the capability to raise the quality of video delivered, reduce power consumption in devices that receive the TV signals, and allow for rapid channel changing and a 50% increase in channel capacity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted February 18, 2010 Qualcomm should first upgrade its CDMA s/w to GSM levels, especially in SMS, exact call duration, etc... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkaile 1,051 Report post Posted February 18, 2010 ^ and decrease the call voice quality and data quality also to gsm levels?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abkumar 11 Report post Posted February 18, 2010 Nice! findings from you guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
