Category: Wireless
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FCC Plans for Incentive Auctions to Shake Up Broadcast TV & Mobile Broadband industries
On Friday, September 28, 2012, the FCC officially announced its long talked about “incentive auction process,” which will reclaim airwaves (AKA spectrum) now owned by TV broadcasters and auction them off for use in wireless broadband networks. This concept was first introduced in the National Broadband Plan over two years ago, but no specific plan had been…
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Entrepreneur Forum & Carrier Perspectives – Summary of Telecom Council TC3, Part 2
Introduction: Part 1 of this multi-part Summary of TC3 provided highlights of the Service Provider Innovation Forum held on September 12th. This second piece examines the panel session on Rich Communications Suite (RCS) and (more importantly) selected carrier innovation agendas, strategies and case studies. The third article will look at telco innovation suggestions from market…
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Telecom Death Spiral Continues with ZTE’s Steep Profit Drop
Sluggish telecom operator infrastructure spending, mobile device price wars and roadblocks in several western markets have all combined to cause China’s ZTE to report an 85% drop in profits (year over year) in the latest quarter that ended in June. Net earnings for the first half dropped 68 per cent to Rmb245m, in line with a warning issued last…
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Infonetics Microwave Survey: NEC still leads but Ericsson gets high marks by network operators!
In its new Microwave Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, Infonetics Research explores operators’ deployment plans and perceptions of microwave equipment suppliers. In market share, NEC held the lead in equipment revenue for the first quarter of 2012 with 20%, just ahead of Ericsson; Huawei was 3rd (see pie chart). “As the microwave equipment…
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Communications Needed on the Road Less Traveled
The road less traveled is Highway 6, starting in eastern California and traversing the mid-section of Nevada. Although its neighbor highway to the North, Highway 50, was deemed the “Loneliest Road in America,” the two-lane ribbon of seemingly endless asphalt that is Highway 6 really deserves that moniker. The condition of the road is great,…
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Amazon Smart Phone Coming in 2012 May Challenge Carrier Model
Overview Amazon is said to be actively developing a smartphone that would present a direct challenge to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android devices. Two sources close to the project say the Amazon smartphone would essentially serve as an extension of the Amazon Kindle Fire – the hugely successful tablet e-reader offering (this author has a…