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Qualcomm To Create A Consortium For MediaFLO In India
By Sahad on Mon 10 Apr 2006 05:54 PM IST

http://www.contentsutra.com/qualcomm-to-create-a-consortium-for-media-flo-in-india

We had reported here last week that Qualcomm is looking at creating a consortium of like-minded players for providing MediaFLO mobile TV experience in India. Paul Jacobs, CEO of Qualcomm, was in India recently. Here are the key points of an interview he gave to Hindustan Times:

Tell us more about what you want to do with MediaFLO (mobile TV) in India?
We are clearly going to invest into creating a company for this purpose. It might be a holding company leading a consortium of different players — operators, broadcasters, content providers and the like. We have to find the right partners who are well-connected and have the distribution channels. While our operating partners will put in most of it, we will chip in substantially.

A serious dialogue is underway with partners to build this consortium in India. After MediaFLO what?
We want to test new frontiers in mobile technology. Mobile TV is a fruition of that in many ways. We haven’t done much with GPS, voiceover IP, payment systems and maybe even healthcare on the cellphone. We are keen to create a security blanket with your doctor through the cellphone.