Category: Wireless
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A Tale of 2 Meetings: Mobile Telecom in Crisis
1. SVC Wireless March 10th Meeting: Mobile in Crisis- How to Survive and Thrive through the Economic Tsunami With the current credit crisis, economic meltdown, and stock market crash, both business and individuals are facing significant challenges: Big corporations are cutting cost and downsizing workforce while startups are struggling with shrinking market and drying capital…
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Telecom Council panel session: Update on U.S. Broadband Policy
Abstract: In a lively Telecom Council panel session sponsored by AT&T, seven industry executives discussed the ramifications for the U.S. government’s stimulus package and federal budget proposal as related to broadband policy. The sober and candid assessments offered a realistic view at what is involved in building out broadband, particularly using wireless technology, to underserved…
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3G and LTE squeeze WiMAX- is the market window still open?
Summary: Many pundits have declared the window of opportunity for WiMAX has closed. Squeezed between he enhanced capability of 3G technologies (e.g. HSPA/HSPA+ for GSM) and accelerated LTE roll-outs, (notably Verizon Wireless) the claim is that WiMAX is DOA. We disagree! In particular, we believe there is a reasonable market for WiMAX fixed and nomadic/portable service…
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TWC WiMAX Update
Despite eliminating 1,250 jobs, recording a quarterly loss of $16 billion, and writing down its investment in Clearwire, Time Warner Cable (TWC) expects to progress its WiMAX strategy (with Clearwire) later this year. During its February 4th earnings call, TWC President and CEO Glenn Britt stated, “”we expect to make meaningful progress in further defining…
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Will the U.S. Stimulus Package Boost Broadband Buildouts?
Not everyone thinks so. Here are a few extracts of recently published on-line articles: Obama’s Broadband Plan Disappoints Telecommunications Companies The current House version of the $825 billion stimulus package sets aside just $6 billion for broadband deployment, about a third of the amount that some Democratic lawmakers had wanted. In addition, the money comes…
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Google (and Intel) write down Clearwire investment; Google optimistic about Android platform
Google’s fourth quarter results were hurt by write downs related to investments in AOL and Clearwire. The Internet search leader also said it remained confident about the progress of its Android platform for mobile handsets. Google reported a net income of $382 million, down 68 percent from the $1.21 billion in the year-ago period, but…