Sharp Talking To Operators About Dual Mode Mobile TV Chip

Sharp, Japan’s biggest handset maker, is in negotiations with up to 30 European companies, including operators, to supply its dual-mode tuner chip for TV-equipped phones, reports FT….Sharp says its chip is capable of receiving terrestrial digital broadcasts in the US and Europe, on competiting mobile TV standards.

Sharp’s competitor Samsung has also come out with multi-tuner chips…in fact can support four prevailing TV standards, as opposed to Sharp’s two. Both Samsung and Sharp are shipping out samples of their chips to companies. Volume production at Samsung is slated for Q4, while Sharp is capable of producing 300K dual-mode chips a month at its plant in Hiroshima.

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