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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…

  • Viodi View – 02/02/10

    Viodi View – 02/02/10

    In a nutshell, “smart energy” is about doing more with the same or less energy, as well as making better use of alternative power sources.  That would be the single sentence description of what was a crash course on the topic of “smart energy” at last week’s Parks Associates’ Smart Energy Summit.  Viodi worked with…

  • Implications of Egypt’s Internet Shutdown

    Wasn’t Egypt supposed to be one of the most stable countries in the Arab world and middle East? Apparently not! The Egyptian government’s decision to pull the plug on the country’s ISPs has left most of Egypt’s 80 million residents and businesses without Internet access for the last five days. Experts say the situation shows…

  • Cloud Computing Realities from a VC and IT Expert at TiE Charter Member Meeting

    Cloud Computing Realities from a VC and IT Expert at TiE Charter Member Meeting

    Introduction: While there has been a tremendous amount of articles, whitepapers and other information written on cloud computing, most of it is from IT vendors or market research firms.  In a Viodi View article last year, we reported that IDC said “the Cloud platform would be in a power position for the next 20 years…

  • TiE Angels Update: 4 Companies Funded; 3 Companies Present Value Propositions at January 2011 Meeting

    We have previously written about the significance of TiE Angels in light of the many start-ups today that are under the radar of the larger VC firms. (Early Stage Startups Get Wings from TiE Angels). TiE Angels was formed in the summer of 2010 as a platform for angel investors to work together to evaluate,…

  • Mobile Market Growth to Stimulate Mobile Cloud Services

    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…