FCC Chairman Backs USF Support for Broadband
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FCC chairman Kevin Martin has revealed his approval for using Universal Service Funds (USF) to support the deployment of broadband services to rural areas, reports Dow Jones from the NXTCom Conference. The fund is not currently used explicitly to support the deployment of broadband, but Alltel, which spun off its wireline services to ...
Regulator Considering CDMA 2000 Licence Tender in Russia, as SMARTS'
3G Appeal Fails
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Regional Russian mobile operator SMARTS has failed in its first bid to overturn the rejection of its application for a 3G licence, reports Prime-Tass. The Moscow Arbitration Court has upheld the decision by the Federal Communications Agency (Rossvyaz) to disqualify SMARTS' application, on the grounds that the operator has existing ...
Me.dium Offers a Rare Experience
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The Web is not only allowing people to communicate in new ways, it's changing the very way people communicate. Take Me.dium, for example, a new Web-based communications tool that lets users 'see' people they may wish to contact. Me.dium is a free browser sidebar that uncovers the hidden people and activities that lurk ...
AT&T's Wild About Wireless
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CHICAGO -- NXTComm -- AT&T Inc. Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson unveiled a new video sharing service for mobile users this morning during his keynote address here. The service will allow consumers talking on cellphones to share cameraphone pictures during their conversation, in real-time. For now, the service is only ...
Alereon to Release Worldwide Wireless USB
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With an aim of encouraging computer makers to use wireless USB technology, chip maker Alereon announced this week that it would release the AL5100, a wireless USB chip that meets regulatory requirements worldwide. Previous wireless USB chips-which allow users to link computers with printers, cameras, external hard drives, and keyboards ...
Energy Initiatives Will Drive Wireless Sensor Network Market
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An announcement earlier this month by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) of a new federal plan to increase energy efficiency of buildings nationwide by 30 percent will have major resonance in wireless control network technologies. Schumer's plan addresses a critical energy issue at a time of ...
Cisco Meshes With Cable
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Cisco Systems Inc. has introduced a WiFi-based mesh system designed to give cable operators the tools they need to offer mobile Internet services wherever they have plant installed. The platform, called the Cisco Cable ServiceMesh, will target MSOs that are looking to offer such services in municipalities, tourism centers, and ...
US Businesses to Spend More on Wireless than Wireline Services by 2010
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- US corporations' spending on wireless voice and mobile data services will exceed business spending on all wireline voice and data services by 2010, reports, high-tech market research firm, In-Stat. According to In-Stats' recent research, the arrival of this inflection point means that wireless carriers ...
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