Watching TV on a cellphone. There are several mobile TV air interfaces competing for prime time. Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) is based on the Digital Audio Broadcasting radio standard (see DAB); Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) is the mobile version of the international digital TV standard (see DVB), and Forward Link Only (FLO) is based on QUALCOMM's popular CDMA technology (see MediaFLO). See mobisode.
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