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The FCC Helps Align The Stars

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: [...]

Week in Review: Mobile World Congress and FCC Broadband Plans

Last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona spurred the industry’s usual flurry of excitement over the latest mobile handsets. While I didn’t attend myself, it was interesting to watch the chatter around all sectors of the conference, especially this year’s focus on software. The mobile operating systems introduced, such as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series and Symbian 3, prove [...]

On the Ground at SUPERCOMM

Hello from Chicago!  I’m at SUPERCOMM today and wanted to write a quick post between meetings on what I’ve seen and heard so far.   As with CTIA just a few weeks ago, net neutrality has been creating a lot of buzz on the show floor and in the headlines.  However, if CTIA was the [...]

On the Road to CTIA 2009

This week kicks off the International CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 show, being held in San Diego.  I love this time of year.  CTIA never fails to bring together a who’s who of the wireless world, discussing their company’s news and product launches as well as the industry’s latest and greatest.    Over the [...]

Please Pass the Spectrum

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the FCC and its chairman, Julius Genachowski. I think the issues they are examining and decisions they are making are very important to the communications industry – especially for wireless – so I wanted to take a few minutes to review and discuss the latest.         Last [...]