Tag: wimax
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An Unhealthy Industry: Telecom reports indicate continued contraction in revenues and growth
Having just analyzed recent reports from telecom companies, we conclude that the telecom recession/ depression continues. Revenues are falling way short of expectation, growth is limited to mobile data, and profits are minuscule with the exception of Verizon (VZ). But even at VZ, the growth seems to be coming almost entirely from new wireless data…
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WiMAX Patent Pool Planned by Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., Alcatel-Lucent and Clearwire
Computerworld and the WSJ articles state that several WiMAX stakeholders will jointly license patents that cover WiMAX technology in an attempt to limit royalty rates that could deter customers from using it. The group of six, now known as the Open Patent Alliance (OPA), wants to make IPR costs predictable so that the WiMAX ecosystem will grow.…
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The DTV Transition – At What Cost?
[Author’s Note: Thank you very much to David Irwin, Director of the Communications Law Institute at The Catholic University of America, for his review and suggestions for this article] Much has been made about the recent 700 MHz spectrum auction and the potentially billions of dollars raised for the U.S. Treasury, but this is just…
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Cisco’s New Acquisition and Globalization/Outsourcing Strategies
WSJ: Cisco Changes Tack In Takeover Game Cisco is now buying companies and giving them much more autonomy. For example, Cisco bought email security start-up IronPort, but let it operate as a stand-alone unit, with its own managers, brand name, engineers and salespeople. Cisco’s strategy shift is particularly striking because the company, the country’s third-largest…
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FCC 700 MHz Auction Postscript: Big loss for US Wireless Network Competition
Abstract: We have previously opined that the highly touted 700 MHz auction was a win for the U.S. government (almost $20B was raised) and Google (open access rules for C block w/o spending a dime). Yet it was a big loss for public safety. Based on a post auction spectrum analysis from a…