Author: Alan Weissberger
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Will the iPad be a revenue driver or bandwidth killer for mobile operators?
Disclaimer: This author has no business relationship with Pyramid Research or parent company Light Reading. Introduction: Mobile operators will be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Apple iPad's success, thanks to the iPad's use of mobile data services to access applications and digital content, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom…
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“The Future of Video!” VLAB Panel Session: 4/27/10, Mt View, CA
Introduction: This well attended panel session was more of an extended question and answer session, rather than new information or insights conveyed to the audience. Nonetheless, there were a few significant points made, which will be discussed later in this article. The event was organized by Draper Fisher Jurvetson and VLAB (MIT/Stanford) and took place…
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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,…