What's Qualcomm up to buying wireless spectrum in the UK
The EC's decision was not surprising in view of the EC's on-going investigation into Qualcomm's licensing practices.
The EC's decision to adopt DVB-H is not binding on network operators so Qualcomm, presumably, thinks that it has more chance of getting Mediaflo established in Europe-sceptic Britain, than in Continental Europe.
Qualcomm executives are talking about cosying up to service providers to try and get them interested in using Mediaflo over Qualcomm's new UK spectrum.
UK service providers should be afraid, very afraid, of engagements with Qualcomm. Qualcomm is notoriously litigious. Six lawyers who represented Quaklcomm in a recent lawsuit with Broadcom were reported by the judge to the State Bar of California for 'exceptional misconduct'.
In its UK sortie, Qualcomm will have to initially pitch Mediaflo as a cost-effective alternative to DVB-H. But, if history is any judge, once service providers have committed to Qualcomm, they'll find the screw being tightened.
When the wireless industry unwisely elected to go for Qualcomm's CDMA for 3G technology, after Qualcomm promised to license it on fair terms, the wireless industry found itself being royally screwed by Qualcomm's demand for high IP fees.
As Europe's leading semiconductor analysts, Future Horizons, said about Qualcomm's business practices: "You only get one chance to screw the industry."
The EC's decision to adopt DVB-H is not binding on network operators so Qualcomm, presumably, thinks that it has more chance of getting Mediaflo established in Europe-sceptic Britain, than in Continental Europe.
Qualcomm executives are talking about cosying up to service providers to try and get them interested in using Mediaflo over Qualcomm's new UK spectrum.
UK service providers should be afraid, very afraid, of engagements with Qualcomm. Qualcomm is notoriously litigious. Six lawyers who represented Quaklcomm in a recent lawsuit with Broadcom were reported by the judge to the State Bar of California for 'exceptional misconduct'.
In its UK sortie, Qualcomm will have to initially pitch Mediaflo as a cost-effective alternative to DVB-H. But, if history is any judge, once service providers have committed to Qualcomm, they'll find the screw being tightened.
When the wireless industry unwisely elected to go for Qualcomm's CDMA for 3G technology, after Qualcomm promised to license it on fair terms, the wireless industry found itself being royally screwed by Qualcomm's demand for high IP fees.
As Europe's leading semiconductor analysts, Future Horizons, said about Qualcomm's business practices: "You only get one chance to screw the industry."
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