Talks between Qualcomm and Nokia have taken a turn for the better today after AT&T made an important decision to use Qualcomms mobile TV technology.
AT&T own Cingular, who already use mobile phones manufactured by Nokia, and intend to start using Qualcomm’s MediaFlo mobile television chips shortly.
Qualcomm Chief Executive paul Jacobs hopes that the development could help bring the two companies together. Nokia and Qualcomm have been negotiating to renew a technology license which expires in April.
Jacobs commented:
The MediaFlo deal with Cingular is a new fact. Maybe there’s a way to find some new common ground there. I’m still hopeful we’ll find some solutions that don’t require a judge coming down and imposing something on us, but as I said the teams are still locked,” he said.
Update: From reading other sources it seems that the talks have not actually been helped just yet. The story is that they MAY be helped by this announcement.
Qualcomm Chief Executive Paul Jacobs said on Thursday that talks with Nokia on renewing a technology license may be helped by AT&T’s decision to use Qualcomm’s mobile television technology.
AT&T’s Cingular Wireless, which already uses GSM mobile phones from Nokia, plans to add Qualcomm’s MediaFlo mobile TV chips to its phones.
The move could be a way to bring Nokia and Qualcomm together, Jacobs said at a Bank of America technology conference in New York.
