Category: Alan Weissberger
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The Changing Face of Security: Is the U.S. Prepared for a Major Cyber-security Attack?
Abstract In a very impressive CSO Perspectives conference keynote speech on April 6th, Howard A. Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and the Cybersecurity Coordinator, told the audience that the U.S. was taking very strong measures to prevent and defend against cyber-security attacks. President Obama has made cyber-security a top policy priority within his Administration.…
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India’s 3G Auctions Finally Begin; BWA for TD-LTE or WiMAX?
After many months of delay, India's 3G spectrum auction began today (April 9th) with major telecom operators, including Bharti, Vodafone, RCom and Tata competing to acquire the radio waves that could fetch the government up to Rs 35,000 crore. [Definition: A crore (often abbreviated cr) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to ten million…
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Clearwire and Sprint ask 3GPP for TDD-LTE U.S. std in 2.6GHz band
Introduction Clearwire and Sprint are part of a group of operators and vendors that have asked the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards body to start work on specs that would allow TD-LTE to be deployed in the US in the 2.6GHz spectrum — which is now used for mobile WiMAX in the U.S. The actual 3GPP…
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AT&T Upgrades 3G Network while VZW On Track with LTE Buildout; IDC’s Market Forecast
Introduction On the eve of the CTIA WIRELESS 2010® show in Las Vegas this week, the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers are pursuing different paths to eliminate current 3G bandwidth congestion, provide higher speeds to users and achieve lower cost per bit transmitted. These initiatives are extremely important for the health of the wireless industry,…
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Workshop Report: Clearwire on track with rollouts and app tools, but MSO partners struggle with Business Models
Author's Disclaimer: Unlike many "would be journalists" that are either always negative on WiMAX, or are "perennial pollyannas" that produce an endless stream of recycled "happy talk," this author tries to be balanced and objective of WiMAX in general and the WiMAX events covered in particular. This author been covering WiMAX for over 6 years…
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GSA Silicon Series: New Markets, New Economics, Feb 10, 2010
This very informative, analyst – only panel discussion (Feb 10th in Santa Clara, CA) assessed the outlook for new and growing markets throughout the semiconductor industry. While several markets were covered, this summary will focus exclusively on the hot communications related markets and products. During the meeting, analysts from FBR Capital Markets, iSuppli, Databeans and Gartner…