by Sarah ReedyMarch 16th, 2010
Some seemingly contradictory bits of news today: Android devices are seemingly selling like gangbusters, with the first 74 days (what an odd number) of sales of phones running Google’s Android OS outgunning the sale of Apple iPhones over the same introductory period. So all is well in the land of “goog-phones,” then, right? Not so fast. Sales of Nexus One, the Android device that Google is selling directly have, it appears, tanked. So what’s the story here? (more…)
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by Joan EngebretsonMarch 15th, 2010
With expectations
mounting for weeks now, the FCC tomorrow is slated to lift the veil on its National Broadband Plan – and the press is in fine form with rumor and speculation about its contents. Not that Connected Planet isn’t on the rumor bus as well (see: One Day Before the National Broadband Plan – Six Questions Still Unanswered ). So what is the word on the street when it comes to the NBP? Obviously, questions about what’s in it, but also concerns about it favoring incumbents (or not) and larger worries that the words on a page won’t be enough to drive the investment the U.S. needs in broadband.
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by Kevin FitchardMarch 15th, 2010
Sweden’s TeliaSonera said today its LTE network in Stockholm will soon be upgraded to reach “practical” speeds of 80 Mb/s and up to the highest “theoretical” speed possible of 100 Mb/s. With 3G networks topping out in the single digits, and even the proposed speeds of many 4G networks still hovering in the teens, Telia’s play at delivering true broadband wireless is worth noting. (more…)
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by Sarah ReedyMarch 15th, 2010
As the hipsters descended on Austin, Texas last weekend for South by Southwest (the event, by the way, that “made” Twitter a few years ago, much attention turned to location-based services. By some reports, more than a dozen new location-based-style services are launching at the show. Are location-based services the next big thing in mobile? (more…)
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by Rich KarpinskiMarch 15th, 2010
Count Veraz Networks as is the latest, “smallish” IMS/NGN vendor to look to get acquired. As part of its recent Q4 earnings call, the company said it had retained an investment banking firm to pursue the old “strategic alternative” route. Veraz is the latest in a line of smaller vendors going the buy-out route in recent days. (more…)
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by Rich KarpinskiMarch 10th, 2010
The power of localized, mobile search is just starting to become clear as the first smart phones equipped with GPS (or other location technology) and local search capabilities start to move into wide use. So what exactly are mobile searchers looking for? According to info from TeleNav — Wal-Mart, Starbucks and Target led the business name searches while pizza, chinese food and burgers led the search for food. (more…)
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by Kevin FitchardMarch 8th, 2010
Access has never been Cisco Systems’ (NASDAQ:CSCO) strong point, a conclusion that the vendor itself seems to have reached by abandoning its WiMax radio business. PCWorld originally reported on Friday that Cisco had stopped developing and manufacturing WiMax base stations, and FierceBroadbandWireless today confirmed it. That leaves Cisco to focus on the area of the 4G network it is arguably best positioned to dominate, the IP core. (more…)
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by Kevin FitchardMarch 8th, 2010
Releasing the first results from its 4G trials, Verizon Wireless (NYES:VZ, NYSE:VOD) today said that its first two long-term evolution (LTE) networks are averaging download speeds of 5-12 Mb/s and upload speeds of 2-5 Mb/s, while achieving peak downlink speeds of 50 Mb/s and uplink speeds of 25 Mb/s. Though the Boston and Seattle networks have yet to be tested in the real conditions of a commercial launch, the initial results show VZW’s new 4G network to be significantly faster than any 3G network running today. (more…)
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by Joan EngebretsonMarch 5th, 2010
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski continues to grease the rails for the National Broadband Plan. His latest stop: Wired.com. (Actually a Wired reporter visited him, taking note of an iPhone and Nick Carr’s book The Big Switch:Rewiring the World from Edison to Google on the coffee table in the big man’s office.) (more…)
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by Joan EngebretsonMarch 4th, 2010
You never know where or when FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is going to drop another hint about what will be in the National Broadband Plan, due in less than two weeks.
In a speech today to kick off an event at the D.C. Department of Small and Local Business Development about how broadband can help small businesses, Genachowski said the National Broadband Plan will include recommendations aimed at fostering broadband competition. (more…)
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