QUALCOMM and MediaFLO USA Support FCC Ruling

The FCC today issued a decision that clears Qualcomm to launch its MediaFLO mobile TV network in a much larger number of markets. Qualcomm is building the network in the 700 MHz band with spectrum it owns on UHF TV channel 55.

The ruling specifies both the permitted level of minimal interference and the methodology to calculate the presence of interference from MediaFLO USA to TV or DTV stations on Channels 54, 55 or 56 until the DTV transition ends on February 17, 2009, when the stations must move off those channels. As a result, the ruling greatly expands the number of markets in which MediaFLO USA can operate prior to the DTV transition date.