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Archive for December, 2006

AT&T/BellSouth Merger Approved

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2006

If I was a psychiatrist, which I am, I would say that I was turning into some sort of paranoid personality, which I am! — The President’s Analyst

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved AT&T Inc.’s $86 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. on Friday (pdf), reports the AP, creating the world’s largest telecom company. Google News [...]

Year in Review Review

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2006

We’ve (practically) made it through another year. Pretty interesting, wasn’t it!
DailyWireless is working on our own Year in Review, but we checked out other recaps of 2006 (to steal some ideas). Here are a few other 2006 recaps:

Ars Technica Year in Review
Business 2.0: 101 Dumbest Moments in Business
Business Week: The Look Ahead to 2007
CBS News: [...]

New Smartphones from HTC

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2006

Engadet says HTC’s 2007 arsenal is shaping up to be a doozy.

According to PDA 24/7 the “Kaiser” (pictured top left), a follow-on to the Hermes that adds GPS — a feature that’s becoming increasingly common in high-end Pocket PCs.
The “Elf” (top right) and “Panda” (not pictured) are midrange devices; they’ll lack 3G radios, [...]

Free Ringtones from Verizon

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2006

Verizon Wireless is giving away a free ring tone to their users all day on New Years Eve (12/31). If you text “Tone” to 2007 on your phone you’ll get instructions on how to download a free ring tone. You can pretty much get any song. The promo code is only good for Dec. 31st.

Italy Opens 3.5 GHz for WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 29th, 2006

The Italian government has announced that it is opening the 3.5 GHz spectrum for WiMAX and will offer licenses for the band sometime in the first half of 2007, according to Reuters. To make space for the new technology, Italy has reassigned 3.4-3.6GHz from military use.

The move is expected to pull in a 100-200 million [...]

AT&T/BellSouth Merger Close?

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

AT&T Inc. has offered a new set of concessions that are expected to satisfy the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission and lead to approval of the company’s $85 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp., possibly as soon as Friday, reports the Associated Press.
AT&T filed a letter of commitment with the agency Thursday [...]

3D Standards Coalese

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Are you guys like mentally challenged? Because if you are, I’m certified to teach you softball. - Monster House
A memorandum of understanding signed by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium allows them to collaborate on interoperable, Web-based geospatial services and could lead to innovations in the conversion of 2-D data [...]

Open Source WiFi Drivers

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Om Malik writes:
Have you ever wondered why it is hard to get wireless networking right on alternative operating systems such as Linux and OpenBSD? It appears the blame for this situation lies with chip makers including the likes of Broadcom, Intel, Marvell and scores of other companies. These are the findings of Jem Matzan, [...]

Consumers Sue “News” Stations

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Dangerous Woman: When I listened to these people it was like they were my family.
Axeman: But something else happened didn’t it?
Dangerous Woman: Yes.
Axeman: I’m that something else. — Prairie Home Companion

The Oregon Alliance to Reform Media (ARM) wants the FCC to deny license renewals for every commercial TV station in Portland. [...]

Dolphin Stadium Unwired

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 28th, 2006

Florida’s Dolphin Stadium will debut a new wireless network from Belair just in time for the upcoming FedEx Orange Bowl (Jan. 2, 2007) and Super Bowl XLI (Feb. 4, 2007).

BelAir partner A2000 Network Solutions deployed the wireless network. It will support the stadium’s POS system and business services within the facility with plans to [...]