A battle over increased royalty payments for songs on online radio is moving into high gear, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Online radio companies are appealing a ruling that would double rates payable to record labels in three years. They are filing a motion to stay the ruling on the new rates, which are [...]
The SF Examiner notes yet another screwball delay in San Franciso’s oft delayed municipal wireless network. The San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna Free Union (SNAFU) filed an appeal with the Board of Supervisors decision to exempt from environmental review the installation of an estimated 2,200 Wi-Fi, transmitters throughout The City.
The city’s five-member review panel [...]
Senator John Edwards sent a letter to the FCC yesterday urging commissioners to use the upcoming 700 megahertz auction to make the Internet more affordable and accessible, regardless of where people live or how much money they have.
Edwards is visiting California today to attend a town hall meeting with Google employees where he will [...]
Clearwire today announced the completion of its acquisition of all the 2.5 GHz wireless broadband spectrum previously owned or controlled by AT&T and the former BellSouth.
With this acquisition, Clearwire’s U.S. spectrum holdings increased to cover an estimated 223 million people with varying depths of spectrum. In addition, Clearwire holds spectrum in Europe that covers approximately [...]
MetroPCS (PCS), a Dallas, Texas-based regional wireless carrier, is looking to jump into the fray for the 700 MHz spectrum, reports Om Malik. The company said this morning that it will raise $300 million to finance its spectrum purchase.
Top 10 Highest AWS Bidders
Bidders
Net total of high bids
1. T-Mobile
$4.2 billion
2. Verizon Wireless
$2.8 billion
3. SpectrumCo
$2.4 billion
4. [...]
Palm today announced a smart phone companion product today called Foleo. The Foleo will connect via Bluetooth to a Treo device running either the Palm operating system or Windows Mobile. It has a relatively large screen and full-sized keyboard to help users edit e-mail and office documents.
It delivers web access with your smartphone or WiFi [...]
Wavesat today announced the immediate availability of its 5.8 GHz Mini-PCI WiMAX reference design (pdf). The 5.8 GHz Mini-PCI design is a development platform. The extended length Mini-PCI card allows equipment manufacturers to tailor the motherboard according to their specific needs.
The 5.8 GHz Mini-PCI card allows developers to design WiMAX-compliant wireless devices for the 5.8 [...]
Ubiquiti Networks today announced PowerStation, an open 802.11 product platform designed for the outdoor wireless community featuring Ubiquiti’s patented radio and antenna innovations.
The PowerStation (pdf datasheet) features a powerful 400 mW radio with a built-in 18dBi antenna and (software) switchable polarity. It is designed to be cost-effective with flexible, open-software, and has gained software partners [...]
Nortel, Cisco and a private equity firm are all reported to be interested in a possible deal with the U.S. telecommunications equipment maker Nortel, reports RCR News. Mohammed Nakhooda, a spokesperson for Nortel, declined to comment on the report in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources.
A merger between Nortel and Avaya would “create [...]
Globalstar announced today that a Russian Soyuz rocket has placed four Globalstar replacement satellites into low Earth orbit. The four satellites were manufactured at the same time as the original constellation by prime contractor Space Systems/Loral and kept on Earth as ground spares. Four more identical craft will be sent into space later this summer.
The [...]
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