WiMax Forum Looking at FDD Profile
Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under Commentary | Leave a Comment
Senior says they have been working on the profile for the past twelve months, but have kept it under the table for fear of upsetting their chances of getting the IMT-2000 approval for Mobile WiMax. The ITU endorsed WiMax in May of last year for the 2.6GHz swath of spectrum, thinking that TDD WiMax would sit in 50MHz between two 70MHz bands configured for FDD. With an FDD profile in place, Mobile WiMax could score a coup for the whole swath.
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Read More..>>The Face of Telecommunications in 2008
Posted on January 8, 2008 - Filed Under Commentary | Leave a Comment
As we look to the New Year, we can thank the innovators of last year: the Verizons, the Googles, the Sprints, Clearwires and Intels, the Apples, and yes, even the FCC, for the technologies looming on the horizon, and the inevitable winners and losers that are yet to be determined, but promise to make 2007 look like the calm before the storm.
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Read More..>>Will Verizon’s Open Network Lead to True FMC?
Posted on November 28, 2007 - Filed Under Commentary | 1 Comment
Verizon’s move to open up its network to any device or application indicates a major shift from the walled garden approach in the U.S. cellular industry, and opens up a real possibility of attaining the much sought after concept of Fixed Mobile Convergence. As the number two carrier behind AT&T, Verizon is well positioned to gain market share and spur some badly needed innovation of device and application development in the cellular markets.
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Read More..>>The FCC, TWC, Skype, and the Cellular Industry
Posted on March 10, 2007 - Filed Under Commentary, VoIP News | Leave a Comment
On March 1, 2007, the FCC ruled in favor of a petition brought by Time Warner Communications, stating that local exchanges cannot deny access to wholesale telecommunication carriers (TWC) to provide services and exchange traffic, including voice over Internet protocol (VoIP).
The decision overturned rulings in South Carolina and Nebraska that allowed local rural exchanges to […]
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Read More..>>The Reality of VoIP Security Threats
Posted on February 5, 2007 - Filed Under Commentary | Leave a Comment
A lot has been said lately of the security, or lack thereof, of a voice over IP network. Just recently CompTIA put out a report claiming that only 50% of SMBs have any faith in the security measures taken in VoIP. Since most businesses consider telecommunications their lifeline to the outside world, its no wonder […]
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Read More..>>Net Neutrality Act Once Again on the Agenda
Posted on January 19, 2007 - Filed Under Commentary | Leave a Comment
On January 9th, Republican Senator Olympia Snowe and Democrat Byron Dorgan reintroduced the Internet Freedom Preservation Act to the Senate. Better known as the Net Neutrality Act, the bill was killed by the Senate last year in a vote split down party lines (Democrats yea, Republicans nay), with the exception of Senator Snowe. With the […]
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Read More..>>Bell South and Cingular Wireless: The New AT&T
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Commentary | 1 Comment
The recent announcement by AT&T of the acquisition of Bell South has caused quite a stir in the region, conjuring up memories of a huge, unresponsive entity controlling every facet of our communication capabilities, and making us pay dearly for it. Along with the Bell South acquisition comes the swallowing of the Cingular cellular network, […]
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