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Mobile Social Nets Grow

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 8th, 2008

MySpace has embraced data portability, and partnered With Yahoo, Ebay and Twitter, says TechCrunch. MySpace is announcing data portability standards today, along with data sharing partnerships in a project called MySpace “Data Availability”.
The key goal is to allow users to maintain key personal data at sites like MySpace and not have it be locked [...]

Top 100 Telecom Blogs

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 7th, 2008

VoIP Now has created a listing of Top 100 Telecom Industry Blogs.
It includes categories of VoIP, Corporate Blogs, Mobile Blogs, Wireless Blogs, Outside the U.S., Niche, Toys and Gadgets. Check it out and let Jimmy Atkinson, editor of VoIP Now, know if he missed any obvious ones.

Best and Worst Hotel WiFi

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 7th, 2008

Looking for a hotel where the WiFi is definitely not free, possibly not working and perhaps is not even WiFi?
Yes, it’s time for the Worst WiFi Hotels of 2008.

It’s WiFi Week at Hotel Chatter. They started off with the Best WiFi Hotels of 2008, perhaps not as entertaining but probably more useful. Here are [...]

Sensor Nets Launch

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 7th, 2008

The Internet Engineering Task Force has kicked off a new effort that could deliver a key building block for wireless sensor networks, says EE Times. The Routing Over Low-power and Lossy Networks (ROLL) group aims to define a standard for Internet Protocol as early as next summer.

Sensor networks may be the next big thing. Companies [...]

It’s Official: Sprint, Cable & Google Building WiMAX Network

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 7th, 2008

It’s official. Sprint and Clearwire announced this morning they will form a nation-wide WiMAX network, with partners Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Intel, Google and cable operator Bright House Networks who are expected to kick in $3.2 billion to help finance the venture.

The deal (pdf), announced on Wednesday, will provide funding for Sprint and Clearwire to [...]

Google, Cable in $12B WiMAX Deal?

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 6th, 2008

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
- Once in a Lifetime

Sprint, Comcast, Google, Time Warner and Intel will launch a Mobile WiMAX Joint Venture, says the Wall Street Journal. More [...]

T-Mobile Launches AWS in NYC

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 5th, 2008

T-Mobile became the last major mobile carrier to announce a 3G network today, but the first major carrier to utilize the AWS band (1.7/2.1 GHz) in New York City. But unlike Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, T-Mobile’s 3G system is focused primarily on voice, not data. T-Mobile plans to expand their AWS service to 20 to [...]

Sprint Looses Public Service Court Decision

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 2nd, 2008

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the requirement that Sprint Nextel vacate some of their wireless channels adjoining public safety channels.
Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, must clear certain channels by June 26, the appeals court ruled. The company is swapping spectrum with the public safety agencies to eliminate radio interference
The deadline was set [...]

Municipal Wireless: Soup Yet?

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 2nd, 2008

Muniwireless notes a couple of municipal wireless developments:

The Colorado Wireless Communities (CWC), a group of 10 cities in Colorado near Boulder, are wondering whether they should continue trying to work with C-Com, a Boulder-based service provider, whom they picked to deploy the wireless broadband network. C-Com has not been able to raise enough money [...]

Broadband 2.0

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 28th, 2008

When homes get 50-100 Mbps, a slew of high-definition content, better-quality video-sharing sites and even 3-D video will be enabled. Call it Broadband 2.0, says Wired.

Experts say this increased bandwidth — when it becomes widely available — will have a profound effect on everything from our social interactions on the web to the way we [...]