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News reporters complaining that they had to fork over $50 per day for wireless Internet access at the Hilton Chicago ballroom to cover Obama’s press conferences, should be thankful instead, according to some reports. The regular “conference” fee is $600 per day ($125 per hour). Guests, however, pay only $14.95 per day. Those who came with devices that use a cellular network for connectivity were indeed very fortunate.

Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has just released a detailed report on the availability, take-up and use of communications services among seven countries (the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the US, Canada and Japan) and where data are available, European countries (Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Ireland). They also analyzed the development of communications markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China. There are too many interesting points in this report, which you should download and read, but there are several…

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has forced Apple to cancel an ad which it found misleading. According to the ASA, the ad boasted that the iPhone was “really fast” and showed Internet pages loading in under a second. People complained that this was very far from the truth. In its defense, Apple says that the claims were relative not absolute.

The controversy over download and upload speeds on the iPhone and similar devices that rely on cellular networks to carry…

In an attempt to figure out if social media makes discussions and networking more worthwhile, I have created a Linked In Group for Muniwireless and Muni WiMAX. Please join if you are interested. Be patient: I need to approve each person manually. A number of usual suspects are already on board.

I have also posted several questions relating to WiMAX in the Linked In Q&A and I am very pleased with the responses I have received. So far so good with…

With the shareholder approval finally taken care of, the massive deal to build a new nationwide WiMax network under the Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) name can (finally!) now begin in earnest. While those of us who have been following the events over the past year know pretty much what is on Clearwire’s immediate to-do list, for those who are playing catch-up may we suggest you order the new, updated version of our WiMax report, which includes a comprehensive study of the…