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  • Sponsor Message – Friends of Viodi Save $395 at BBP Summit

    Save $395 off the $895 registration fee at Broadband Properties Summit 2010 as a reader of Viodi View and Friend of Viodi. Join ViodiTV, as we cover this event with video interviews and highlights on the hotel TV channel and streaming on-line after the event. Follow these links for more details on the Summit and…

  • India’s 3G Auctions Finally Begin; BWA for TD-LTE or WiMAX?

    After many months of delay, India's 3G spectrum auction began today (April 9th) with major telecom operators, including Bharti, Vodafone, RCom and Tata competing to acquire the radio waves that could fetch the government up to Rs 35,000 crore. [Definition:  A crore (often abbreviated cr) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to ten million…

  • Clearwire and Sprint ask 3GPP for TDD-LTE U.S. std in 2.6GHz band

     Introduction Clearwire and Sprint are part of a group of operators and vendors that have asked the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards body to start work on specs that would allow TD-LTE to be deployed in the US in the 2.6GHz spectrum — which is now used for mobile WiMAX in the U.S.  The actual 3GPP…

  • Viodi View – 03/31/10

    Sponsorship Opportunities Available for.. ViodiTV at IP Possibilities Sponsor highlighted in IP Possibilities Daily Sponsor highlighted in Viodi View & ViodiTV Custom video highlight of sponsor. Video available for website.   The passage of the health care bill along with all of the political wrangling of the past couple of months greatly overshadowed the FCC’s…

  • AT&T Upgrades 3G Network while VZW On Track with LTE Buildout; IDC’s Market Forecast

    Introduction On the eve of the CTIA WIRELESS 2010® show in Las Vegas this week, the two biggest U.S. wireless carriers are pursuing different paths to eliminate current 3G bandwidth congestion, provide higher speeds to users and achieve lower cost per bit transmitted. These initiatives are extremely important for the health of the wireless industry,…

  • Viodi View – 03/17/10

    Broadband is everywhere; at least the talk of broadband is everywhere with the long-anticipated release of the FCC’s broadband plan. Ahead of schedule by a day and 367 pages in length, it will take awhile to consume this telecom best seller. It is definitely comprehensive, spanning different disciplines including the smart grid to economic development…