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If we want broadband access everywhere, safer highways and smart grid energy management, the solution is a local, wireless “intelligent” Internet. When I say “intelligent”, I mean the intelligence is at the edges (on the user side), not at the center (command and control at the provider’s side). In many municipal wireless network deployments today [...]
This week the Federal Communications Commission’s staff will hold workshops for the development of a National Broadband Plan. They will explore the following topics: · State and local governments that have proactively addressed broadband deployment and adoption (Tuesday at 2:00 p.m.) · Benchmarks for evaluating the dimensions of broadband across geographic areas and across time [...]
A recent report published by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), in association with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), revealed that Africa’s total population passed the 1 billion mark in 2009, growing by 24 million per year. By 2050, Africa’s youth population is expected to reach 349 million, capturing 29% of the global [...]
Whenever we’ve talked about Clearwire’s pricing plans, we always have been guessing or waiting on the inevitable pricing promotions to goose the sign-up rate. C’mon, we said. This is a new service, and people need more of an incentive to give it a try. Today in our email inbox was the first of what will [...]
The NTIA and RUS have received over 2000 applications under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) and the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP). Applicants requested in total $28 billion for grants and loans. Unfortunately, the two programs can disburse only $7.2 billion. According to the agencies, for infrastructure projects: More than 260 applications were filed solely [...]
Monrovia, California (pop. 38,000) is partnering with Champion Broadband to deploy a municipal wireless network running on the 2.4 and 4.9 GHz frequencies and they’re applying for a grant in the amount of $2.7 million from the NTIA under the BTOP program. Champion is putting up a percentage of the deployment costs if the grant [...]
FCC is hosting a Broadband Workshop on Technology Applications and Devices on 27 August 2009 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. Here’s a description of the workshop from the FCC site: “The goal of this workshop is to explore trends in the use of and development of broadband applications and devices. The workshop will identify the [...]
This week, Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC signed a deal with China Mobile to supply TD-SCDMA handsets for the leading Chinese carrier, according to FT.com. More precisely, HTC will supply one TD-SCDMA device this year and five next year. Both companies also agreed to collaborate together on future deployments (e.g. TD-LTE handsets, market research). Of note, China [...]
When WiMAX providers talk about the technology’s attributes, cellular-like mobility is usually near the top of the list. But for many business users WiMAX’s simple portability — the ability to pick up and move your broadband connection — may prove to be a more powerful economic and operational lure, the kind of money-saving, hassle-free attribute [...]
According to TMT China, China Unicom is now discussing nationwide iPhone distribution with several Chinese retailers. Meanwhile, Apple’s A1324 iPhone model, a special version of the iPhone for the Chinese market, which can support GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCMDA and will be available from China Unicom, is close to obtaining the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s (MIIT) mandatory network [...]
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