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		<title>TIA Forecasts 3.1 Percent Loss for ICT Industry in 2009- Broadband still THE growth driver for telecom</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 00:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Weissberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), whose primary membership is network equipment vendors, has just&#160;released its annual report and outlook for the global telecommunications industry. For the first time in its 23 years of forecasting, TIA&#160;predicts a 3.1 % loss for the global ICT Industry in 2009. Further,&#160;they anticipate&#160;a 5.5 % decline for 2009 US ICT revenue. Much of this loss may be attributed to a 27 % fall in the U.S. broadband equipment market. TIA&#8217;s negative outlook is significant, because its report has always been a flag waving signal of hope for the telecom industry- even in years like 2002 and 2003, when there wasn&#8217;t much to cheer about.&#160;TIA&#8217;s annual&#160;global forecast&#160;report usually manages to find a silver lining somewhere in the world that shows an upward growth trajectory. TIA is optimistic about mobile data services (especially when compared to equipment sales). They think that some growth lies ahead, but not really until 2011.&#160; Global telecom revenue is&#160;predicted to grow 1.2 percent in 2010, 6.4 percent in 2011 and 7.9 percent in 2012. &#34;Broadband will be a driver for recovery in all areas, from healthcare IT to smart grid technology, public safety networks to education, as well as for businesses and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Signs and Positive Cashflow from One Telco</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeff Gardner, President and CEO of Windstream Communications, opened his keynote speech at U.S. Telecom&#8217;s Executive Business Forum with a note of appreciation to US Telecom for getting behind what he termed, &#8220;credit stabilization legislation.&#8221; These opening comments set the theme for his talk, which was primarily about the financial condition of his company. In doing so, he provided insight into Windstream&#8217;s thoughts on the basic business, but also on topics such as wireless and IPTV. Gardner spoke of the transformation of Windstream Communications from a telephony-based to a broadband-centric company. As proof points, he cited metrics that showed growth in broadband customers from 81k to 934k from 2002 to present. Revenues have increased from $3.1 to $3.21 billion in that same period, which is remarkable given the ongoing voice line loss of approximately 5% per year. Windstream was born out of a merger of Alltel&#8217;s wireline properties together with those of VALOR Communications and instantly became a top-ten telco. It is primarily a rural and suburban carrier with about 20 access lines per mile. Still, they are facing strong competition, particularly in their suburban areas, as evidenced by the fact that 50 to 55% of their markets have voice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IEEE ComSoc-SCV Workshop: Location Based Technologies and Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan Weissberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of Location Based Technologies and Services Workshop [June 19, 2008, Crown Plaza Hotel, San Francisco International Airport]&#160; Alan J. Weissberger IEEE ComSoc- SCV Secretary and Program Chair Backgrounder: &#160; Yankee Group tele-briefing report on Location Based Services and Technologies: http://viodi.com/2008/06/13/location-based-services-and-technologies/ Speaker Remarks 1. Dave Reid, Director of Business Development, SiRF Technology Inc.&#160;http://sirf.com/ &#160; The world is on the go (which implies that mobile telecom services and devices will grow rapidly).&#160;SiRF believes that location awareness brings convenience to our lives.&#160;SiRF is predominantly a (fabless) semiconductor company- with the largest market share of discrete GPS chips and related intellectual property.&#160;SiRF powered mobile devices include personal navigation devices (PNDs), handheld GPS receivers, smart phones, feature phones, personal media players (PMPs), and in-dash car navigation systems.&#160; &#160; There are many types of Location Based Services (LBS&#8217;s) being deployed and being considered by network operators: navigation, social networking, location based advertising, mobile commerce, transportation, child locator, pet tracker, etc.&#160;New mobile broadband networks, like WiMAX, will be location enabled; so will new devices, including Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and even location aware watches.&#160;Applications and content are intersecting and this will lead to innovative new mobile services with location awareness.&#160;Enterprise customers have led applications in location [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The DTV Transition &#8211; At What Cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 02:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Author's Note:&#160; Thank you very much to David Irwin, Director of the Communications Law Institute at The Catholic University of America, for his review and suggestions for this article] Much has been made about the recent 700 MHz spectrum auction and the potentially billions of dollars raised for the U.S. Treasury, but this is just one part of a complex equation related to spectrum management and economics that may be implicitly costing U.S. citizens much more than they are receiving. &#160;For example, there is the opportunity cost of the new, digital broadcast spectrum, given away to existing broadcasters by the government that is worth untold billions of dollars. Unfortunately, this article is probably about 10 years too late to affect a change, but maybe it will serve as a warning for future generations. Prior to auctions, back in the early days of the FCC, spectrum was regarded almost like land during the homestead days of the eighteen hundreds. &#160;That is, entities were given spectrum in exchange for building out the infrastructure, providing certain public goods and accepting regulations and restrictions. &#160;Where more than one entity sought spectrum in a given locale, each spectrum application being mutually exclusive to the other, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Mobile Video Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Pyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, April 14, 2008, marked the launch of the largest commercial satellite.&#160; ICO will be using this satellite to serve the growing mobile video market.&#160; ICO will use frequencies in the 2 GHz range to provide video and emergency services to mobile handsets and car-based terminals.&#160; They are building a hybrid satellite-terrestrial network.&#160; The idea is that satellite will serve the wide-open spaces, while a terrestrial network will complement satellite in non-line-of-site areas.&#160; They will be collaborating to build out the terrestrial network.&#160; &#160; The interesting thing is how little press coverage ICO is getting for their efforts.&#160; In some sense, what they are trying to do is to be the Sirius and XM equivalent for mobile video.&#160;&#160; Most of the small sample people that I talked to at IP Possibilities had never heard of ICO, which is surprising given the potential disruptive nature of what they are trying to do.&#160; &#160; What they are trying to do is a big project; however, as just getting a critical mass of device makers [Automobile communications powerhouse, Delphi is supporting] to support their approach will be a big challenge.&#160; It will be interesting to see how ICO&#8216;s approach competes against the pure [...]]]></description>
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