New Verizon TV Network
Excerpted from The New York Times, 1/25/2006
LG MEDIAFLO PHONE
"Desperate Housewives" on Line 1? Almost.
The mobile service provider Verizon, the phone makers LG and Samsung and the wireless technology company Qualcomm plan to start a TV network for the phone, perhaps as early as October.
In Europe and South Korea, broadcasts already go to phones like LG's V9000 and Samsung's SCH-B250. Qualcomm is now building its network, which is separate from Verizon's, but its operating area will follow the coverage path of Verizon's V Cast, which can currently send video clips to an area encompassing about 150 millio...
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