Category: Wireless
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Spectrum For Research and Testing – New Rules, New Issues
[Editor’s Note: Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] The FCC is considering rule changes that would make it easier for educational institutions, medical facilities, equipment manufacturers and others to research and test new wireless devices and services on existing spectrum. By reducing paperwork burdens, shortening…
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Mobile Market Growth to Stimulate Mobile Cloud Services
Infonetics Research: Mobile Services Revenue to reach $870 billion in 2014 Infonetics Research recently updated its report on Mobile Services and Subscribers: Voice, SMS/MMS, and Broadband, based on revenue reported for the first half of 2010 (1H10). This update resulted in increased short- and long-term revenue forecasts by the company. Infonetics: Mobile Services Market Highlights…
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Sprinting to LTE
Alan Weissberger connects the dots regarding several different announcements from Sprint and Ericsson and infers that Sprint is building an LTE network. This is big news, as, to date, Sprint has relied on Clearwire and its WiMAX infrastructure for its next generation network build. Alan suggests, we may see a Sprint offering of an LTE Network…
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LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?
LTE vs WiMAX? Will consumers care about these TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) as they decide on a next generation wireless access plan. If today is any indication, the battle among next generation wireless networks for consumer mind share is heating up and we may find out the answer to this question in 2011. …
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FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands
[Editor's Note: Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP] According to a recent report published by Cisco, online video now accounts for more than 25% of all broadband traffic. In all likelihood that number will only go up, straining the capacity of existing backhaul alternatives. The FCC thus…
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LTE Market Forecasts Up as Operators Announce Deployment Plans
Introduction There's no doubt that LTE (3GPP Release-8) is gaining traction among many wireless network operators. Two market research firms increased their LTE forecasts this week, while U.S. Cellular announced its LTE roll out plans. This December, Telia Sonera will turn on LTE data service in Finland, while NTT DoComo will make its LTE data…