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  • Critical Challenges for Wireless Telcos to be Explored at Sept 22 IEEE ComSoc/ SIPA Panel Session

    Thurs Sept 22 IEEE/SIP event at HP Cupertino (see description below) will hit AT&T and Sprint with request for comments on the greatest challenges they face as wireless telcos.  Here’s the short list I’ve prepared: Preventing network saturation from the explosive growth in mobile data traffic.  Potential solutions include data offload to WiFi hot zones/ Femtocells,…

  • FCC Restarts 180 Day Clock on AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger- Cutting through all the Hype!

    Tick Tock, Tick Tock The FCC is restarting the informal clock on the AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger effective today.  “As such, today, August 26, 2011, is Day 83 under the time clock,”  Rich Kaplan, Head of FCCs Wireless Telecom Bureau, wrote on the FCCs web site:  http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0826/DOC-309294A1.pdf. The FCC 180 day clock is officially known as…

  • Emerging Devices and M2M Team Up for Explosive Growth- Part 2

    Emerging Devices and M2M Team Up for Explosive Growth- Part 2

    Editors Note: This is the 2nd of 3 articles that explore new telco markets and opportunities. Much of the information gathered for these articles comes from the 2011 Connections conference in Santa Clara, CA. The 1st article, New Telco Services Enable the Connected Home, described different versions of a “connected home,” including consumer electronics for…

  • Prelude to TiECon: TiE Silicon Valley Announces TiE50 2011 Winners

    The Indus Entreprenneurs (TiE) Silicon Valley chapter today announced the winners of the TiE50 Awards, which will be presented at TiEcon 2011, May 13 – 14th, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. TiE 50, the 3rd annual awards program to recognize the “Top 50 Startup Companies”, will be a prominent part…

  • AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile has Huge Impact on U.S. Telecom Industry!

    While rumors were swirling around all weekend, it’s now official: AT&T to Acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. With subscriber complaints multiplying about AT&T’s inadequate mobile broadband infrastructure, the company was likely pressured into this deal as a quick fix. Randall Stephenson, AT&T Chairman and CEO said, “This transaction represents a major commitment to strengthen…

  • Reality Check: WiMAX on Track to Cover One Billion by EOY 2011

    The WiMAX Forum claims that “WiMAX service providers around the globe today have networks covering more than 823 million people (or POPs) in approximately 149 countries and are on track to reach one billion POPs by the end of 2011. This estimate is a growth of 215 million POPs since December 2009 and surpasses the…