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FREMONT, CA - July 26, 2005 -
The FLO Forum, a non-profit industry association
with its members: Amoi, BBEF, Harris Corporation,
Huawei, Korea Telecom, KYOCERA, LG Electronics,
LG Telecom, MediaFLO USA, Inc., Pantech &
Curitel, QUALCOMM, Roundbox, SANYO Electric Co.,
Ltd., Sharp Corporation and ZTE, today announced
the creation of the FLO Forum (www.floforum.org),
an organization composed of wireless industry
leaders that will work together in order to promote
the development of products and services related
to the delivery of advanced multimedia services
to wireless devices around the world using FLO™
(Forward Link Only) technology. The FLO Forum,
to be headquartered in Fremont, Calif., will work
with regional and global industry consortia, regulatory
bodies and designated standards organizations
in support of the standardization of FLO technologies,
and develop equipment compliance and certification
processes for FLO products.
"The industry acumen and depth of technology
experience offered by these companies will enable
the FLO Forum to develop common industry practices
thus smoothing the adoption and deployment of
FLO technology," said Rich Sulpizio, president
of MediaFLO USA, Incorporated. "This in turn
will create new revenue streams for operators,
content providers and manufacturers."
The FLO technology was designed specifically
for a terrestrial mobile multimedia environment,
making its performance characteristics ideally
suited for use in cellular handset operation.
FLO technology will ensure more robust mobile
performance and higher capacity than other technologies,
without compromising power consumption, efficiency,
performance or user experience. The technology
also reduces the network cost of delivering multimedia
content by dramatically decreasing the number
of transmitters that need to be deployed. In addition,
FLO technology-based multimedia multicasting will
complement wireless operators' existing networks
by delivering multimedia content to cellular handsets
used on these networks.
About the FLO Forum
The FLO Forum is a multi-company initiative committed
to advancing the global standardization of FLO™
technology. Composed of industry-leading organizations
including: Amoi, BBEF, Harris Corporation, Huawei,
Korea Telecom, KYOCERA, LG Electronics, LG Telecom,
MediaFLO USA, Inc., Pantech & Curitel, QUALCOMM,
Roundbox, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Sharp Corporation
and ZTE, the FLO Forum is working to develop products
and services, based on FLO technology, that enable
the delivery of advanced multimedia services to
wireless consumers. The FLO Forum oversees the
evolution of the air interface specification for
FLO™, promotes its standardization, and manages
compliance and certification benchmarks for the
technology. For more information on membership
and the FLO Forum, please visit www.floforum.org.
For more information, please contact:
Lisa Winkler, FLO Forum Executive Director
Phone: +1.510.774.4014
Fax: +1.510.608.5917
Email: help@floforum.org
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FLO is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated.
All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
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