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  • 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…

  • Web Start-up Bubble leaves Internet Infrastructure in the dust

    This Saturday's Wall Street Journal article, Investors Get in a Lather Over Tech, implied there might be a bubble in privately-held tech start-ups.  Reading between the lines, I observed that the companies attracting the funding were actually web software companies, rather than Internet infrastructure of any sort  I believe that the bulk of private tech investments is going into start…

  • LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?

    LTE vs. WiMAX: What Will the Consumer Do?

    LTE vs WiMAX? Will consumers care about these TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) as they decide on a next generation wireless access plan.  If today is any indication, the battle among next generation wireless networks for consumer mind share is heating up and we may find out the answer to this question in 2011.    …

  • FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands

    FCC’s Multiple Front Offensive to Solve Wireless Backhaul Demands

    [Editor's Note:  Bob Primosch is a Partner with the Washington, D.C.-based, communications law firm Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP]  According to a recent report published by Cisco, online video now accounts for more than 25% of all broadband traffic. In all likelihood that number will only go up, straining the capacity of existing backhaul alternatives. The FCC thus…

  • Telecom Carriers Discuss Innovation Needs With Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs

    Everyone is aware of the carriers' dilemma: To meet the exponential growth in data traffic, mobile carriers must spend ever more money to finance the build out of their wireless networks (both access and backhaul). Yet this spending and plant upgrade must be done while carrier data revenues are growing much more slowly (estimated at…

  • Viodi View – 09/15/10

    One benefit of social media networks is that they reduce the friction associated with the flow of information and presumably make commerce more efficient (not counting the time spent on the social media games). The downside and the concern I have is that I lose control over the data I post on the third-party sites. I…