TVBEurope
TVBEurope, 5th March 2009
Ofcom claims economy boost
Ofcom says its plans to re-align the main 'Digital Dividend' spectrum will be worth at least £2-3bn to the UK economy over the next 20 years..
"The UK invented the concept of a Digital Dividend, but it is clear that the rest of Europe is now focusing on the 800MHz band, which is different to our original plans," said Matthew Conway...
Clearing the 800MHz band - the 72MHz of spectrum from 790MHz to 862MHz also known as channels 61 to 69 - will mean further disturbance for PMSE (programme-making and special events) wireless link users.
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Rethink Wireless
Rethink Wireless 23rd July 2010
Qualcomm confirms it will exit MediaFLO
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Qualcomm has confirmed that it is looking to exit its MediaFLO mobile TV venture, which has not lived up to heady expectations. The chip giant acquired 700MHz spectrum in the US to build a wholesale TV network, used by several carriers to deliver broadcasts to mobile devices. But results have been less impressive than Qualcomm had hoped, and plans to diversify into new geographies, and new applications like general content delivery, have borne little fruit.
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Rethink Wireless, 18th May 2010
AT&T reverses 'straight-to-LTE' strategy
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As Verizon released videos as the first step in its marketing run-up to LTE services, AT&T did a U-turn on its own next generation strategy, and now plans to implement HSPA+. Previously, the telco had planned to upgrade its nationwide W-CDMA footprint to the 7.2Mbps version of HSPA, and then skip straight to LTE for mobile broadband from 2011. Now it will deploy 14.4Mbps HSPA+ too.
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