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Archive for April, 2007

Save Net Radio

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 27th, 2007

Internet radio broadcasters could get a break from a bill introduced this week that would lower the rates they pay for playing music, reports Information Week. U.S. Reps. Don Manzullo, an Illinois Republican, and Jay Inslee, a Washington Democrat, introduced a bill to overturn a Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision that would require Internet broadcasters [...]

Europe Auctions 3.5 GHz

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 27th, 2007

The WiMax market appears to be heating up in Europe, reports Unstrung, with a number of RFPs being issued by WiMax license owners in Germany and France. At the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s WiMax London conference yesterday, Markku Hollstrom of Nokia Siemens, said his company is talking with operators in Germany and France and [...]

FCC Indecisive on 700MHz

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2007

Think, boys. Think! – The Music Man The FCC voted unanimously this week to sell slices of 700 MHz spectrum in a mix of geographic sizes, including multistate parcels sought by carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The FCC waited to decide how to divide up the spectrum while it seeks comment. Haggling over [...]

InnoTech Conference in Portland

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2007

I’m attending the fourth annual InnoTech Conference and Exposition at the Oregon Convention Center, April 25-26, 2007, so posting may be light today and tomorrow. This conference is both inexpensive (just $35) and features interesting speakers and sessions, including Wi-Not WiMAX?, Wireless Technologies: Do You Know What You Need To Know? and Municipal Wireless Networks; [...]

FCC Decides on 700MHz Rules Today

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 25th, 2007

“Unlicensed access to white spaces is the potential “rocket fuel” for broadband in underserved communities.” – Professor Harold Feld The FCC (live video) on Wednesday is expected to announce rules for the 700MHz band, one of the most important wireless spectrum auctions in the foreseeable future, reports C/Net. It determine how they divvy up licenses [...]

Scotty Beams Up

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 24th, 2007

James Doohan (“Scotty”), is beaming up into zero gravity this weekend, along with the remains of Patricia Murray, a StarTrek fan, and L. Gordon Cooper, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. This is the sixth memorial spaceflight of Celestis, a Houston company that contracts with rocket firms to send cremated remains into space. Capsules [...]