Friday, May 26, 2006

Qualcomm Ships Mobile TV Chip

San Diego-based Qualcomm has shipped a new, universal mobile TV chip that the company said unifies three of the most common standards for mobile TV. The firm said that it's new, single-chip Universal Broadcast Modem (UBM) solution supports Qualcomm's Media FLO technology, digital video broadcasting--handheld (DVB-H) and integrated service digital broadcasting--terrestrial (ISDB-T). The firm said that the chip is targeted at providing mobile TV on handsets. The new chip is compatible with CDMA2000 and WCDMA/UMTS.

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