KA3SGM
- -... ...- -
Premium
join:2006-01-17
West Chester, PA
clubs:
 ·Cricket Broadband
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Echostar to Rival Qualcomm's Media Flo???
They might use one-way spectrum to create a rival for Qualcomm's Media Flo delivery platform.
If you look at the current Media Flo design and market strategy:
»www.qualcomm.com/mediaflo/index.shtml
Here is where it gets interesting.
Verizon's VCAST Mobile TV service is delivered via Media Flo's One-Way broadcast system, not by their local cell sites.
A small request via the normal EVDO channel brings a large reply via the Media Flo network.
Other carriers wishing to provide the same wireless Video service at this point only have the Media Flo system as an option.
Echostar is in a perfect position to give Qualcomm a run for it's money by offering a similar service via their own Video Broadcast platform.
Conveniently enough as well, the Media Flo transmitter sites are all fed via satellite, something Echostar already has some orbital Real Estate waiting to be used for.
If there is significant demand for these types of services, Qualcomm might just find itself with a little bit of competition.
--
"Lithium is no longer available on credit" |
