Company after company see mobile TV coming to mobile phones. Even skeptics such as myself are finding it hard to deny what is happening these days in this area. But we will need companies like Qualcomm to help build those networks.

Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , a provider of chips and technology licenses, said on Thursday it is testing television programing for mobile phones with TV providers such as news network CNN, ESPN and Court TV.

Qualcomm, which plans to spend about $800 million to build a network to broadcast TV to phones next year, expects video on phones to be the most popular advanced mobile service, incoming Chief Executive Paul Jacobs said at an analyst meeting.

“Interest in video far outstrips any other feature,” said Jacobs, who sees TV phones becoming more popular among consumers than already well-liked features such as cameras.

Wireless operators around the world are spending billions of dollars upgrading their networks to deliver services such as video and music to phones in the hope that revenue from these services will make up for falling mobile phone call prices. [Read the rest]