Category: Alan Weissberger
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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…
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Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, and Huawei named top Mobile WiMAX vendors
Infonetics Research recently surveyed carriers to determine the "top vendors" in the mobile WiMAX equipment market. The carriers chose Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent, Alvarion, and Huawei as the top four vendors. Nine additional vendors received votes for top WiMAX equipment vendor from a smaller number of carriers surveyed. The Infonetics report: Perception Is Everything: WiMAX Vendor Leadership…
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Where are the WiMAX MIDs?
Did you notice the absence of any major WiMAX device announcements at CES? With all the talk by Sprint and Clearwire about mobile WiMAX at the show, we were expecting a raft of WiMAX capable Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) to be announced at CES. We were disappointed. After conversing with attendees and scouring the web,…
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Will Cisco Succeed in the Consumer Electronics Business?
Update: See comment below on Cisco entering the Compute Server Business. Cisco is thought of as a successful network equipment vendor selling switches and routers to enterprise customers and service providers. The company also sells (Linksys) WiFi routers and (Scientific Atlanta) set top boxes for use within homes. Sensing a new opportunity, the company now wants to make significant inroads in the…
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Are LTE and mobile WiMAX really 4G networks? A look at ITU-R IMT Advanced attributes
Introduction There have been several recent articles comparing and contrasting LTE vs. mobile WiMAX as potential 4G network technologies. Indeed, SPRINT and Clearwire have been marketing their WiMAX offering as a 4G service. But is it really 4G? Is LTE a 4G technology? What about ultra-wideband? It turns out that no broadband wireless technology can…