Sprint To Launch First WiMAX Phone at CTIA
The launch of the first handset for WiMAX has been long rumored and now confirmed by the Wall Street Journal. Sprint will launch the HTC Supersonic at CTIA next week. Although actual details of the Supersonic are ‘far and few between,’ it’s believed to be an Android powered handset.
Topics: CTIA, handset, Sprint, HTC, Android, telecom, [...]
Mexican Government To Auction Fiber
Daily Wireless
Mexican media group Televisa, Spain’s Telefonica and Mexican cable television company Megacable plan to jointly bid for fiber optic cable capacity to be auctioned off by Mexico’s government.
Topics: wireless, Televisa, government, Mexico, telecom, Spain, telecommunications, Telefonica, HSPA, telephone
FCC Provides Broadband Speed Test Data
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According to this data, the average download speed was 9.27 Mbps and the average upload speed was 2.83 Mbps. The FCC is quick to point out that this data is ‘unscientific’ and the program is still in beta phase.
Topics: Federal Communications Commission, telecom, broadband, FCC
Global Mobile to Launch VoIP in 2H10
WiMAX operator Global Mobile has announced that it plans to launch voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephony across its network in the second half of 2010, Digitimes reports. Will extend its WiMAX coverage to up to 90% of Taipei City and 70% of Taipei County by year-end.
Topics: Global Mobile, WiMax, Satio, VoIP, telecom
Telstra Sets LTE Trial For May Launch
Australian carrier Telstra will conduct trials of LTE in May after signing Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei to deliver kit for the project. Telstra said it will spend the next three to six months testing the feasibility and technical capability of LTE for future commercialization under the banner of its Next G strategy. The trial [...]
Time Warner Offers 50 Mbps For $99.95 Per Month
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Time Warner Cable residential customers can now propel themselves into the next generation of the Internet with speeds up to 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps upstream for only $99.95 per month.
Topics: Time Warner, Texas, broadband, telecom
CLECs Are Cable Industry’s Newest Target
The FCC approved Comcast’s acquisition of CIMCO, a Chicago based CLEC, paving the way for Comcast to continue its march towards significantly growing its SMB and Enterprise telecom market share. Comcast is also in the process of acquiring New Global Telecom. In fact M&A activity for CLECs, particularly among cable MSOs, may be heating up.
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AT&T Can’t Give Away Their Muni WiFi Net
Neither AT&T nor the City of Riverside want their WiFi network, notes Broadband Reports. Wireless Riverside which covers some 55 square miles, started with the best intentions, as did most of the 300-odd municipal WiFi networks launched in 2007-2008.
Topics: Motorola, T-Mobile, FCC, wireless, WiMax, AT&T, 3G, telecom, ISP, broadband
Who Will Benefit From the FCC’s ‘National Broadband Plan’?
Seeking Alpha
The FCC has outlined its goals for the “National Broadband Plan” ((NBP)), which the agency will deliver to the Congress on March 16, 2010. The regulator has drafted ambitious proposals that will revolutionize the US broadband industry and provide the necessary infrastructure to connect all the corners of the nation.
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Google’s Trademark Application for ‘Nexus One’ Is Denied; Launches On Sprint Next
Just as Google starts being more aggressive at rolling out the Nexus One to more carriers, it was socked in the gut with this bad news: its trademark application for the phone has been denied.
Topics: carrier, Canada, telecom, AT&T, Google, T-Mobile, Sprint, unlocked, United States, Rogers
FCC Unleashes The National Broadband Plan
Daily Wireless
The FCC has released its full National Broadband Plan, a road map for bringing broadband to nearly all Americans. The National Broadband Plan envisions bringing 100-megabit-per-second access to 100 million homes by 2020, as well as 1 gigabit-per-second connections to libraries and schools. It outlines dozens of policy recommendations aimed at raising broadband penetrations [...]
Zer01 Becomes Vaporware?
Wi-Fi Net News
Zer01’s Web site has gone dark, referring users to Google; its press spokesperson, Ron Dresner, didn’t return calls and his Web site no longer lists Zer01 as a client; and Zer01 doesn’t appear to be involved in the upcoming CTIA trade show.
Topics: Google, broadband, CTIA, smartphone, Zer01, wireless, Wi-Fi, texting, telecom, WiMax
Four New MVNOs Sign With Sprint
On Monday, Sprint said has signed deals with four MVNO partners interested in offering post paid wireless services under their own brand – Long Distance Consolidated Billing Company (LDCB), NPG Cable, Call One and Baja Broadband.
Topics: Mexico, broadband, Sprint, wireless, wireline, telecoms, MVNO, Chicago, telecom
AT&T Looks to Dump Wi-Fi Network
Esme Vos writes at MuniWireless.com about the current state of the Riverside, Calif., network operated by AT&T. The network was the first and only bid by AT&T with MetroFi, which was unable to complete that network along with many others, and which shut down in 2008.
Topics: Wi-Fi, wireless, networking, WiMax, AT&T, HSPA, telecom, Nokia
T-Mobile Lowering 3G Rates On Non-Subsidized Phones
Wi-Fi Net News
It’s long been an irritation of cellular customers that even when they pay the full price of a phone or 3G modem, the monthly data charge remains the same as people who get a subsidized version. That’s changing, with T-Mobile in the lead. T-Mobile cut its unsubsidized monthly fee for 3G service by [...]
