Yesterday the US House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure heard concerns that LightSquared’s proposed LTE network would interfere with flight safety. John D. Porcari, the Deputy Secretary for the US Department of Transportation, asked the committee to introduce standards that regulate the usage of GPS’ neighboring spectrum. He told the hearing that precise [...]
In its IPO filing Facebook mentioned the word “mobile” 123 times, says GigOM. But in most cases Facebook didn’t use the word mobile in positive ways. Of Facebook’s 845 million monthly active users, 425 million accessed Facebook in December alone through a smart-or feature phone app or through its mobile-optimized website. In 2011, 85 percent [...]
Sprint Nextel will give LightSquared an additional six weeks to get approval to build its nationwide 4G LTE wireless network from the FCC or it will terminate its agreement with the company, according to Dow Jones Newswires. Sprint had previously extended its deadline from the end of 2011 until Jan. 31. Last summer Sprint and [...]
On Saturday, the FCC announced a request for comments (pdf) on the LightSquared situation. Comments are due by Feb. 27, and responses promised by March 13. LightSquared applauded the move. Lightsquared filed a petition for declaratory ruling to the FCC last month. The request is for input on LightSquared’s request for a finding on the [...]
A new bill being introduced by Massachusetts Representative Ed Markey would require cell phone makers and network operators to inform consumers about any location-tracking or information-sharing software/services that are installed on the device. Rep. Markey (D-Mass.), co-Chair of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, today released a discussion draft of “The Mobile Device Privacy Act,” legislation [...]
During AT&T’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Randall Stevenson blasted the FCC over its leadership in making additional spectrum available to carriers, reports ReadWriteWeb. Stevenson said that because of AT&T’s spectrum crunch it will be forced to raise prices and take additional actions against the highest data users. Stevenson’s remarks come as AT&T announced that it [...]
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