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Archive for January, 2008

700MHz Auction Tomorrow

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 23rd, 2008

The FCC’s 700 MHz auction starts tomorrow. Auction 73 includes 1,099 licenses in the 700 MHz Band. A total of 62 MHz will be auctioned with 6-22 MHz per license. RCR News and Blog Runner have complete coverage.
The NY Times says it is expected to include multibillion-dollar bids from the nation’s two biggest wireless [...]

Satellite Radio Merger Tonight?

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 23rd, 2008

Will Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio merge? Regulators may be set to make a decision about the merger today, says a CNN Money blog.

Briefing.com”, a site that is widely followed by traders, is citing an unnamed report Wednesday morning saying that “XMSR-SIRI merger could receive approval from DoJ and FCC tonight.”
That [...]

Aircell Vs Row44: Two for Two

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 23rd, 2008

Southwest Airlines is installing WiFi on at least four of its planes by this summer using Row 44, a satellite-based service, which is also being tested by Alaska Air. If Alaska’s test is successfull, it intends to equip its 114-aircraft fleet by the end of 2009.
Meanwhile Aircell, a terrestrial-based system which uses 92 [...]

Motorola: Zzz…

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 23rd, 2008

Motorola reported disappointing results for 2007 and forecast a loss for the first quarter of this year as the company released its fourth quarter earnings yesterday. Investors punished Motorola shares after it reported earnings.
The stock price recently stood at $10.37, down about 16% on the day, and earlier hit a 52-week low of $10.03.
Motorola’s [...]

AT&T: WiFi Free with DSL

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 23rd, 2008

AT&T today announced that more than 10 million AT&T broadband subscribers will soon have free unlimited access to the company’s nationwide Wi-Fi network, which AT&T claims, is the largest Wi-Fi network in the United States.
The offer delivers an annual saving of $60 for AT&T broadband customers, and an annual saving of nearly $240 [...]

Hotspot for Bedouins

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2008

iBox2Go’s “Internet in the box”, launched today, is a mobile hotspot that incorporates a removeable Sprint Broadband cellular card for the backhaul. The iBox2Go (FAQ) is ideal for “bedouins” who need a mobile hotspot — anywhere. The USB card can also be removed from the iBox2Go hotspot, and used directly in your laptop.

The iBox2Go [...]

Super Bowl XLII

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2008

The undefeated New England Patriots and the New York Giants clash head-on at SuperBowl XLII in Phoenix, Arizona on Feb. 3. The Super Bowl stadium (wikipedia) in Arizona is ready with an advanced wireless system. Actually, several, says writer John Cox in Network World.

The University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, offers Wi-Fi, as [...]

Free WiFi at Hong Kong Housing Authority

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2008

Hong Kong Broadband Network, a subsidiary of City Telecom, announced it will provide free wireless internet access to public housing residents, starting today.
The company has set up more than 1,000 hotspots in 120 different housing estates as part of a project organized by the Housing Authority. The project covers about 80 percent of the public [...]

Broadband Infrastructure News

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2008

Broadband wireless infrastructure developments and contracts seem to be raining down from the internets today. Here are a few items;

Today, Alvarion announced that TDS Telecommunications has launched WiMAX services using Alvarion’s 4Motion solution at the 2.5 GHz frequency band. The deployment will delivery primary voice and data services beginning in Madison, Wisconsin. TDS has [...]

Nortel + Clearwire = VoIP

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 22nd, 2008

Nortel has signed a contract with wireless broadband pioneer Clearwire to deliver a complete carrier VoIP solution to provide a residential VoIP service to Clearwire’s U.S. customers. Nortel will also provide network engineering, multi-vendor network integration, network deployment and support.

Clearwire’s Internet Phone Service is currently available in 37 of the company’s 46 markets in the [...]