IMS Summit Update
Verizon, US Cellular execs to keynote
Fierce is pleased to announce that Verizon, US Cellular, and Cox Communications will each provide a keynote address at the FierceMarkets IMS Executive Summit (Sept 19-20 in Washington, DC). You don't want to miss this event!
Events
Companies step up push to license white-space spectrum
As companies such as Motorola, Google and Intel lobby the FCC for access to the unlicensed white-space spectrum a number of companies and organizations are making the argument that the spectrum... Read more >>
CTIA opposes FCC's free wireless broadband plan
The comment deadline for the FCC's controversial plan to auction nationwide spectrum in the AWS-3 band that would require the winner to offer free wireless broadband services was Friday, and not... Read more >>
FCC to commence field testing of white-space devices
The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology announced it will begin field testing of prototype white-white space devices on Monday. The testing is part of its rule making process to determine... Read more >>
Google's Page dismisses white space concerns
Speaking at a New America Foundation event last week in Washington, D.C., Google co-founder Larry Page tried to bolster his firm's case for the FCC to make white spaces--vacant channels of spectrum... Read more >>
CTIA weighs in on white-space spectrum debate
CTIA has now weighed in on the fight over the use of unlicensed white space spectrum, that spectrum that sits between airwaves currently licensed to TV broadcasters. CTIA joins Sprint Nextel and... Read more >>
Is 3 UK moving toward a bit-pipe model?
Kevin Russel, CEO of 3 UK, which has taken the open access model to heart by opening up its network to any application, has reset the company's business objectives by stating there will be less... Read more >>
Operators reveal 700 MHz plans: LTE the big winner
The CTIA trade show would have been much more livelier had the winners of the 700 MHz auction been allowed to detail their plans for the spectrum. But the FCC anti-collusion restrictions were lifted... Read more >>
Verizon plans femtocell rollout this year
Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone said at the CTIA Wireless 2008 trade show last week that the carrier would begin offering femtocell products and service plans sometime this year. The announcement... Read more >>
The CTIA news that didn't happen
The big buzz at the CTIA 2008 trade show here in Las Vegas was the hope that Sprint Nextel would make its big announcement around its WiMAX Xohm business. Word was that Sprint wanted to make an... Read more >>
FCC denies Skype's Carterphone petition
During Tuesday's keynote address at the CTIA show, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin drew applause from the audience when he announced that the commission was going to deny Skype's petition to apply the... Read more >>
ICO to deliver DVB-SH services soon via satellite
Satellite company ICO Global Communications announced plans to deploy a GEO satellite on April 14 that will deliver a satellite-hybrid terrestrial network using mobile TV technology DVB-SH. After the... Read more >>
ALSO NOTED: Fitch Ratings says 700 MHz auction will have modest credit impact on winners; Alcatel-Lucent announces first North
> Towerstream announced today that it launched fixed WiMAX service for businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. Read more >>
iPass moves into consumer market
iPass announced today that it is moving into the consumer market. The company, whose core business is providing wireless connectivity services to the enterprise market, announced the availability of... Read more >>
FEATURE: On the Hot Seat with the WiMAX Forum's Ron Resnick
Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum, has a lot to be happy about as mobile WiMAX enters 2008 poised for some massive rollouts. I recently spoke with Mr. Resnick about what's in... Read more >>
On the Hot Seat with Ron Resnick
Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum, has a lot to be happy about as mobile WiMAX enters 2008 poised for some massive rollouts. I recently spoke with Mr. Resnick about what's in... Read more >>
