“If you’re going to do something like this, you have to be as good as the book” — Jeff Bezos
Amazon is debuting its much-delayed e-book reader, today for $399. It offers wireless access to more than 90,000 downloadable titles at a uniform price of $9.99.
Called The Kindle, it weighs less than a paperback book and [...]
The FCC has ruled that the winner of the 700 mhz ‘block D” spectrum can wholesale all the capacity (pdf), so long as it abides by the other guidelines surrounding D block, including the provision that requires the victorious bidder to “build out a nationwide wireless network that is good enough to meet public safety [...]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (known as BSNL), a public sector communications company in India, announced its Calcutta Telephones plans to launch WiMax in 40,000 villages and 70 cities, in India.
India has chosen the IEEE 802.16e version of WiMax. It is expected to bridge the rural-urban digital divide by taking Internet and telephony to remote areas [...]
EarthLink today announced that it will no longer invest in the municipal wireless operations.
“After thorough review and analysis of our municipal wireless business
we have decided that making significant further investments in this
business could be inconsistent with our objective of maximizing shareholder
value,” said Rolla P. Huff, EarthLink president and CEO.
“Accordingly, at [...]
Google is prepared to bid on 700 Mhz frequencies its own, without any partners, says the Wall St Journal. It is working out a plan to finance its bid, which could run $4.6 billion or higher, that would rely on its own cash and possibly some borrowed money.
Google, reports The Journal, is testing an advanced [...]
CBS announced their “CBS Mobile Zone,” this week, a WiFi network embedded inside posters. CBS Outdoor, their outdoor advertising unit, said it will enable New Yorkers with Wi-Fi-enabled cell phones, laptops or other devices to access the Internet for free, and make VOIP calls.
The CBS Mobile Zone, which is available today in certain [...]
Dutch navigation rival TomTom announced today a confidential global settlement of all of its intellectual property litigation with Garmin. The settlement resolves all of the pending intellectual property litigation including cases in the UK, Netherlands, Wisconsin, and Texas. The parties did not disclose details of their agreement.
Garmin is in a bidding ware for Tele Atlas, [...]
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama unveiled a nine-page technology policy plan Wednesday ( PDF).
In his technology and innovation plan, the Democratic candidate strongly supports network neutrality, supports diverse media ownership, patent reform, safeguards for privacy rights, and protecting children while preserving the First Amendment.
Obama apparently supports Net Neutrality.
“Users must be free to access content, to [...]
Electronic Frontier Foundation says members of the Senate Judiciary Committee will be meeting today to discuss giving AT&T and Verizon retroactive immunity from prosecution for their involvement in the NSA’s warrantless wiretap program.
Senator Russ Feingold is proposing an amendment that would remove blanket immunity from The “FISA Amendments Act.” The baby bells, fearful of [...]
Ekahau, a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) today announced that the Ekahau RTLS is being used to track the movement of thousands of buses through Madrid’s public transport complex).
Ekahau has been working with local partner Neomedia to create a solution that can track as many as 2 000 buses through the [...]
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