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NewsT-Mobile pressures FCC to reconsider free wireless Internet plan
T-Mobile USA sent one of its top executives to Washington, D.C. to plead with the FCC to reconsider its controversial plan to auction a nationwide block of spectrum that would require a licensee to Read more...
Aircell chooses LTE for in-flight broadband
Air-to-ground satellite Internet provider Aircell will deploy LTE for its next-generation inflight broadband service. The company said that the deploying LTE will help it offer such capabilities as Read more...
Chairman Martin still wants free wireless broadband
FCC Chairman Martin is still committed to his plan for free wireless broadband access. Martin removed from tomorrow's FCC meeting agenda his proposed auction of 25 megahertz of unused wireless Read more...
FCC delays auction decision
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has decided to remove the planned discussion of a potential auction of 25 megaherz of unused wireless spectrum from the June 12 meeting agenda. This auction would include 25 Read more...
Report: Wireless broadband to have major impact on GDPNew research from Ovum and commissioned by CTIA says the continued adoption of wireless broadband technologies will have a significant positive impact on the U.S. economy. Because of the Read more... Seybold: The New Clearwire- Will it succeed?
By Andrew Seybold There has been a lot of
positive press about the "new" Clearwire, a company that was put together from
the original Clearwire, Sprint's Xohm, Google, Comcast, Intel and a few Read more...
FCC mulls another spectrum auctionFCC Chairman Kevin Martin has scheduled a vote on rules for another spectrum auction. This auction would include 25 megahertz in the 2155 MHz to 2180 MHz band and would require the winning bidder Read more... Google's Page pushes white-space agendaSpeaking at a New America Foundation event yesterday in Washington, D.C., Google co-founder Larry Page tried to bolster his firm's case for the FCC to make white spaces--vacant channels of Read more... Qualcomm wins U.K. spectrum but coy about plansHaving won the auction for the U.K.-wide L-band spectrum auction, Qualcomm has been reluctant to define what it might be used for other than to "explore emerging business models and advanced Read more... Sprint: WiMAX now ready in DC, Baltimore
Sprint Nextel and Samsung Electronics announced that WiMAX services in Washington D.C. and Baltimore have completed the testing phase successfully and are now ready to launch commercially. The Read more...
| Press ReleasesNeotel selects Telsima for its WiMAX network in South AfricaSUNNYVALE, California, June 16, 2008 –
Telsima Corporation, a global leader in WiMAX systems, announces that
Neotel, South Africa’s first converged network operator, has chosen Read more... WiMAX’s Appeal Threatens Both Fixed and Mobile Broadband OperatorsSCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 11, 2008 - Wireless broadband in all its forms (fixed, portable, and mobile)
gives operators a way to grow revenues as voice revenue growth slows,
reports In-Stat Read more... AT&T to Offer Next-Generation iPhone on Its High-Performance 3G Network _uacct = "UA-361227-16"
urchinTracker(); San Antonio, Texas, June 9, 2008--AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced it will be the exclusive U.S.
provider of the new iPhone 3G, details of which were Read more... Price squeeze looms as telcos compete for pay-TV customersLondon 9th June 2008--IPTV is increasingly being offered free by telcos across Europe to encourage people to choose their broadband services. According to the latest research from media analysts Read more... Vodafone Announces New Chief ExecutiveVodafone Group Plc today announces that, after five years in the role, Arun Sarin will be retiring as Chief Executive at the end of the Company's AGM on 29th July 2008. He will be succeeded by Deputy Read more... |