October 28, 2010 – 12:29 pm
There has been a lot of talk recently about the proposed rollout of 4G LTE networks by the major carriers over the next 12 to 18 months. This is clearly a welcome development and something that will be embraced by all involved in the telecom business – from service providers to device manufacturers – but the [...]
September 24, 2010 – 3:47 pm
What a week in telecom. The FCC opens up white space for Wi-Fi and telecom experts, CEOs, and equipment vendors gathered at the EmTech@MIT conference admit that the networks they are currently upgrading will not keep up with the tidal wave of mobile data. Let’s start with the problem. I offer you some poignant statistics: [...]
Posted in Internet, LTE, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Wireless broadband
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Tagged airwaves, bandwidth, CNET, emtech@MIT, FCC, gigaom, maggie reardon, mobile, Verizon, White Space, whitefi
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I was recently traveling in New York City to speak at the Morgan Joseph Conference. Realizing I hadn’t yet booked a hotel room, I made a pit stop at a coffee shop to refuel and search hotels.com on my 3G-enabled iPad. Generally, I love the freedom associated with making plans on-the-go, thanks to modern technology. [...]
Posted in Broadband, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 3G, 4G, Broadband, iPad, jeff thompson, Mobile Devices, new york city, Steve Jobs, Towerstream, Wifi, wireless
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Just saw my guest blog post go live on Technically Philly, Philadelphia’s online source for news, people, companies, and events that affect their growing technology community. I finally put together a list of my favorite reasons to choose 4G when considering office Internet connectivity. Historically, businesses had been tied down by wired Internet connectivity, but [...]
The following post has been written by our very own Arthur G. Giftakis, Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations at Towerstream. Arthur has played an extremely important role in designing and implementing our technology over the last 10 years. Arthur will be creating a series of guest blog posts exploring the idea of ‘mobile [...]
Posted in Broadband, Fiber, Internet, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Uncategorized, WiMAX, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 4G, arthur giftakis, jeff thompson, Towerstream, wi-fi, WiMAX, wireless
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