Posts Tagged ‘ broadband ’

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

September 29, 2012
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Cell Tower

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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Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 1- Service Provider Innovation Forum

September 24, 2012
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White Spaces Demo at NAB at Adaptrum

Introduction: Telecom Council Carrier Connections (TC3) – the Telecom Council’s annual summit- was held Sept 12-13, 2012 in Sunnyvale, CA. The event provides an opportunity for startups and application developers to interact with telecom carriers (telcos) and network operators. Telco representatives who manage innovation, from developer programs and labs facilities to venture investing, discussed many…

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Viodi View – 09/21/12

September 21, 2012
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Somewhere in MN

Words are great, pictures are better, video is best, but none of these can compare to being there. Experiencing the rural roads of this great country – the ones off the beaten path of the Interstate – and meeting the people who are finding creative ways to keep their communities vibrant has been one of…

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Does Broadband Lead to a Broad Waist?

September 21, 2012
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Spring Grove Fitness Center

In late August, the Milken Institute issued a provocative study, Waistlines of the World – The Effect of Information and Communications Technology on Obesity. This report looked at 27 OECD countries between the period of 1988-2009 and the impact of knowledge-based society on obesity rates in those countries. The growth of these rates are a…

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Viodi View – 08/24/12

August 23, 2012
By
annison

Same stuff, different day is the cleaned up song title that comes to mind when reviewing some of our recent interviews with folks who bring a bit of an international flavor to this issue of the Viodi View. Whether it is access to content on terms that are comparable to what can be had by…

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