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Wireless Broadband Industry Growth

March 27, 2009 – 4:01 pm

On Wednesday, Sprint announced the next cities in its national 4G roll out: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle. All ten cities are scheduled to be upgraded to WiMAX in 2009.
Sam Churchill at the dailywireless.org blog included a number of interesting images in a great post summarizing the [...]

By Jeff | Posted in Sprint, WiMAX, Wireless broadband | Tagged Sprint, WiMAX | Comments (4)

Better Broadband

March 8, 2009 – 3:48 pm

I saw some interesting news recently that I have been meaning to blog about – the first example I have seen of a planned LTE roll-out for fixed broadband access in the U.S.

As reported by Lynnette Luna in FierceBroadbandWireless, the network will be targeted at rural customers, which will take advantage of some of the [...]

By Jeff | Posted in WiMAX, Wireless broadband | Tagged Broadband, LTE, WiMAX | Comments (2)

A Wireless Buffet

March 6, 2009 – 6:19 pm

I recently read an interesting article on Ars Technica by Erica Sadun about how consumers are clearly ready for always on, mobile gadgets. I know I am! The article asks the relevant question:

“…why should my Dad, whose portable needs are well-satisfied with his little always-on e-mail device, be paying any more than $20/month for [...]

By Jeff | Posted in Mobile Devices, WiMAX | Tagged T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, WiMAX | Comments (0)

Shakin’ it up with Dr. Shakour

March 2, 2009 – 7:57 pm

Sorry it’s been a few weeks since my last post – it’s been a crazy month, both for me and for the wireless industry! As I’m sure everyone knows, there was some hot news coming out of Barcelona last month from the Mobile World Congress show, sparking a new wave of WiMAX vs. LTE [...]

By Jeff | Posted in CTIA, WiMAX | Tagged CTIA, Mobile World Congress, WiMAX, WiMAX Forum | Comments (0)


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Monthly Archives: March 2009 Wireless Broadband Industry Growth March 27, 2009 – 4:01 pm On Wednesday, Sprint announced the next cities in its national 4G roll out: Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle. All ten cities are scheduled to be upgraded to WiMAX in 2009. Sam Churchill at the dailywireless.org blog included a number of interesting images in a great post summarizing the [...] By Jeff \| Posted in Sprint, WiMAX, Wireless broadband \| Tagged Sprint, WiMAX \| Comments (4) Better Broadband March 8, 2009 – 3:48 pm I saw some interesting news recently that I have been meaning to blog about – the first example I have seen of a planned LTE roll-out for fixed broadband access in the U.S. As reported by Lynnette Luna in FierceBroadbandWireless, the network will be targeted at rural customers, which will take advantage of some of the [...] By Jeff \| Posted in WiMAX, Wireless broadband \| Tagged Broadband, LTE, WiMAX \| Comments (2) A Wireless Buffet March 6, 2009 – 6:19 pm I recently read an interesting article on Ars Technica by Erica Sadun about how consumers are clearly ready for always on, mobile gadgets. I know I am! The article asks the relevant question: “…why should my Dad, whose portable needs are well-satisfied with his little always-on e-mail device, be paying any more than $20/month for [...] By Jeff \| Posted in Mobile Devices, WiMAX \| Tagged T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, WiMAX \| Comments (0) Shakin’ it up with Dr. Shakour March 2, 2009 – 7:57 pm Sorry it’s been a few weeks since my last post – it’s been a crazy month, both for me and for the wireless industry! As I’m sure everyone knows, there was some hot news coming out of Barcelona last month from the Mobile World Congress show, sparking a new wave of WiMAX vs. LTE [...] By Jeff \| Posted in CTIA, WiMAX \| Tagged CTIA, Mobile World Congress, WiMAX, WiMAX Forum \| Comments (0)

Monthly Archives: March 2009

Wireless Broadband Industry Growth

Better Broadband

A Wireless Buffet

Shakin’ it up with Dr. Shakour