«Put FM radio in cellphones and everyone will benefit.
That’s the gist of a report commissioned by an NAB technology advocacy program.
“Cell phone service providers, radio broadcasters and handset manufacturers all stand to benefit from the expansion of FM-capable cell phones, a platform that could reach 257 million American subscribers,” NAB stated in a summary.
President/CEO David Rehr said the trade group is “confident that implementation of a new FM-radio feature would result in rapid penetration.”
The report was commissioned by an NAB program that is pushing for advanced services for radio and TV on all devices, called NAB FASTROAD.
Only about 8 percent of U.S. cellular handsets sold last year were FM-capable (although that’s still 12.5 million sets), and almost all of these were GSM phones, the authors found. (...)» FM Receivers Belong in Cell Phone Handsets, NAB Report Says  RWnewsbytes 13/06/08