Qualcomm wants to ensure some revenue in the U.K. as they have just acquired 40MHz of L band spectrum across the pond. The spectrum is prime for just about any technology. It is assumed though that Qualcomm will deploy its proprietary MediaFLO mobile TV service on the spectrum. This is of course if the European Union allows it.

This is because over in the U.K. the European Union is pushing for all carriers to adopt the DVB-H mobile TV standard. As we have seen in the past, what the EU says goes as far as mobile standards, so they might not allow MediaFLO to be deployed. They did say though, that they would allow the winner of the spectrum to deploy whatever they want, and that included MediaFLO.

Qualcomm has seen bad times with their mobile standards, as of yet no carrier has adopted their UMB(Ultra Mobile Broadband) standard. In order to ensure revenues for the future, Qualcomm is spreading their footprint a little. It was not said when the spectrum will be available for Qualcomm to use. We do know how much it cost though, a very reasonable $16.2 million.

[Via GigaOM]