03/14/2011
San Diego Union-Tribune
Consumer groups have asked federal regulators to block Qualcomm’s proposed sale of wireless spectrum from its failed Flo TV service to AT&T.
The groups claim that AT&T and Verizon Wireless dominate the mobile broadband market in the U.S. and selling the spectrum would further increase AT&T’s market power.
“Today’s filing calls upon the [...]
12/20/2010
Dow Jones Newswires
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–AT&T Inc. (T) will pay $1.93 billion for a swath of spectrum licenses from Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) as AT&T looks to bolster its fourth- generation service while Qualcomm shutters its FLO TV service.
The deal frees up valuable wireless spectrum for AT&T to deploy as part of its fourth-generation network, while [...]
12/02/2010
InformationWeek – Online
The basic concept behind FLO TV is cool: Use a separate network to deliver high-quality, live mobile television to phones. The reality, however, didn’t work out as planned or hoped.
Qualcomm launched FLO TV way back in March of 2007 with just one handset available from Verizon Wireless in a very small number of [...]
11/29/2010
DigiTimes – Online
Linkmedia, a Taiwan-based company preparing to provide MediaFLO mobile TV services in the Taiwan market through technological cooperation with Qualcomm, has decided to give up the project mainly because of unfavorable external factors, according to the company.
Qualcomm, the developer of the MediaFLO standard, has decided to end operation of FLO TV services [...]
01/06/2010
SlashGear
We’ve been more than a little dismissive of Qualcomm’s FLO TV Personal Television, with SlashGear columnist Michael Gartenberg summing up most of our doubts when he asked why you’d want to carry a separate, dedicated device. Now, thanks to a deal with mophie, the FLO TV prospect has just got a whole lot more interesting: [...]
12/08/2009
Hollywood Reporter
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Disney Channel and ABC have embraced FLO TV, the nation’s primary provider of hand-held, portable television.
With ABC on board, the Qualcomm service can boast of offering the programing of the four major broadcast networks.
FLO TV launched in 2007 on Verizon and last year on AT&T. NBC ToGo, [...]
11/18/2009
VentureBeat
Qualcomm’s FLO TV makes a bid to become the mobile TV king
Bill Stone, president of Qualcomm’s FLO TV division, is making a huge bet that users won’t mind paying for mobile TV subscriptions to view shows on their tiny screens.
Speaking at the Streaming Media West show in San Jose, Calif. today, Stone said Qualcomm [...]
11/13/2009
InformationWeek
Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) made its FLO TV mobile television device available at retail outlets Friday and likely began holding its breath to see whether it becomes popular with consumers.
The handheld FLO TV Personal Television has a retail price of $249.99 and will include six months of FLO TV service. The device will be available [...]
