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Google Advocates Unlicensed Spectrum Sharing via TV White Spaces for Wireless Broadband Access

November 13, 2012
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Heat map showing number of channels available for white space communications. Rural areas have the greatest availability. Image courtesy of Google.

Alan Norman, Principal of Google’s Access Strategy group, presented the company’s plans for wireless broadband using white spaces at a Nov 2nd Wireless Symposium sponsored by Joint Venture Silicon Valley. Mr. Norman joined Google’s Access Strategy team in 2010 and has since worked on a variety of projects and initiatives. Google’s goal is to support…

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Highlights of 2012 Sprint Open Solutions Conference, October 24-26, 2012 in San Jose, CA

October 28, 2012
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Overview: The annual Sprint Open Solutions conference is primarily for software developers to learn about Sprint’s partnerships and to stimulate creation of applications that will run on (smart) devices which access the Sprint network. While previous conferences focused more on the network itself (as an enabler of mobile devices and apps), this year’s event provided a…

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FCC Plans for Incentive Auctions to Shake Up Broadcast TV & Mobile Broadband industries

September 29, 2012
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On Friday, September 28, 2012, the FCC officially announced its long talked about “incentive auction process,” which will reclaim airwaves (AKA spectrum) now owned by TV broadcasters and auction them off for use in wireless broadband networks.  This concept was first introduced in the National Broadband Plan over two years ago, but no specific plan had been…

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Entrepreneur Forum & Carrier Perspectives – Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 2

September 25, 2012
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Introduction: Part 1 of this multi-part Summary of TC3 provided highlights of the Service Provider Innovation Forum held on September 12th. This second piece examines the panel session on Rich Communications Suite (RCS) and (more importantly) selected carrier innovation agendas, strategies and case studies.  The third article will look at telco innovation suggestions from market…

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Telecom Death Spiral Continues with ZTE’s Steep Profit Drop

August 23, 2012
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Sluggish telecom operator infrastructure spending, mobile device price wars and roadblocks in several western markets have all combined to cause China’s ZTE to report an 85% drop in profits (year over year) in the latest quarter that ended in June. Net earnings for the first half dropped 68 per cent  to Rmb245m, in line with a warning issued last…

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