There hasn’t been much news about MediaFLO lately but Qualcomm are still plugging along, and are apparently in talks with Indian telcos. “For the US market we do not need to convince the carriers. They see it as an ARPU enhancer as part of their data revenue and we are already in talks with them to launch the service. But in other markets like India, lot of convincing is required in terms of returns on investments etc. So these markets may take some more time to be captured,” said Dr Paul Jacobs, CEO-elect, Qualcomm Inc. However, he emphasised that Qualcomm was not going to become a carrier, which makes me suspect he was asked an odd question by a journo at some point…
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