Tag: 3g
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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…
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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,…
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Intel to battle Qualcomm for mobile computing leadership
Update from Intel Development Forum in S.F. and Qualcomm open house in Santa Clara, CA last week. Introduction For those interested in mobile computing and mobile WiMAX, there were several important take-aways from last week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. CA. Most importantly, Intel made it clear that they intend to dominate the…
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3G Networks at the Breaking Point- and it can only get worse!
iPhones Overload AT&T 3G Network, NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/companies/03att.html?_r=2&hp Apple’s iPhone is a data guzzler. Owners use them like minicomputers, which they are, and use them a lot. Not only do iPhone owners download applications, stream music and videos and browse the Web at higher rates than the average smartphone user, but the average iPhone owner can…
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What will extend 3G networks- topology tricks or price and policy controls?
We’ve previously written that "the pump is primed for mobile broadband, " but investments in next-generation networks will be needed to deliver on the true promise of the mobile internet experience. While we still believe that, we now offer an alternate hypotesis. That the 4G mobile Internet is many years away. After some investigation and a…
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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…