Inmarsat-4 (F3) - one of the biggest commercial satellites ever built - was successfully launched by a Russian Proton Breeze M rocket today. The F3 satellite, operated by Inmarsat, will complete the firm’s globe-spanning, 3-satellite broadband network. Each I-4 satellite can generate 19 wide beams and more than 200 spot beams using its giant unfurlable [...]
Google will help set up a two-story, 8,000 square-foot headquarters for hundreds of bloggers descending on the Democratic convention in Denver next week, reports the Wall Street Journal. It will offer similar services at the Republican convention in September, as new media gain influence in politics.
Google stands to gain exposure and goodwill from 500 or [...]
When Earthlink walked away from its plans to cover Houston’s 600 square miles with Wi-Fi, it gave the city $5 million as a payoff. Mayor Bill White said he would use that money to set up wireless access “bubbles” in public places such as parks, as well as in low-income areas
Now Houston’s downtown business district [...]
M2Z Networks announced this week that it submitted evidence to the FCC confirming that there is no need for the FCC to conduct the fifth interference test before licensing the AWS-3 spectrum to be used for a free nationwide broadband service.
M2Z hopes to offer 384kbps free (and content filtered) to 95% of the country [...]
The Minneapolis Wi-Fi network has reached a new stage: the beginning of normal operations, says the Minneapolis Star Tribune. It now has more than 10,000 customers, and is operating at the financial break-even point, said network operator US Internet.
US Internet funded, build, and managed a wireless network covering all 59 square miles of Minneapolis, providing [...]
The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials, the world’s largest organization dedicated to public safety communications, held their annual APCO Conference last week in Kansas City, Kansas (Exhibitor List and Program schedule).
The mission of their statewide chapters involves 911 emergency communications services and a variety of spectrum issues such as interoperability using Project 25 radios, [...]
I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene
- Weezer: Pork and Beans
Google’s Public Policy Blog says a trial experiment in Ottawa, Canada is trying out the consumer-owned model for fiber on a [...]
The 4.9 GHz Public Safety Radio band offers public safety agencies an opportunity to deploy advanced services unavailable in other bands, such as permanent “hot spot” devices in high-use areas or temporary incident command centers erected at an incident scene.
Research and Markets says there is sufficient mobile communication capacity for agencies charged with protecting [...]
Got this note yesterday from a Temple University student:
Please help me with my dissertation research!
My research focuses on the role wireless signal sharing, or mesh networking, can play in efforts to shrink the digital divide. I am exploring the issue from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, telecommunication companies, and community wireless [...]
Venture Beat notes that a 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California near Los Angeles this morning. It choked phone calls, not Twitter, says C/Net.
Well before the information was anywhere on the major news outlets, tweets (Twitter messages) were flowing in at a rapid clip. I say again, events such as this showcase the power of [...]
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