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04/09/2012
FCC Tackles Cramming, Auctions, USF This Month
At its April 27 open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote on the following items of interest: >> Billing for Unauthorized Charges (“Cramming”) Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: The agency will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that protects consumers by adopting and […]
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04/09/2012
Streaming Server Hardware Engine Cuts Space, Energy
NPEngine, dubbed by its developer as the world’s first hardware engine for streaming servers that directly delivers video content from SSD to IP networks without accessing the server’s CPU or memory resources, will be demonstrated by Toshiba Corporation at the NAB Show next week. According to the Tokyo-based company, its NPEngine “can simultaneously deliver up […]
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04/09/2012
Leap Realigns Spectrum To Meet LTE Goals
Cricket parent Leap Wireless International Inc. has arranged a spectrum swap with T-Mobile USA; Cook Inlet/VS GSM VII PCS LLC, a joint venture between T-Mobile and Cook Inlet in which T-Mobile has a non-controlling majority interest; and Leap’s non-controlled, majority-owned venture Savary Island Wireless LLC in various markets. The deal would give Leap 10 megahertz […]
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04/09/2012
More Price Hikes From A Spectrum-Starved Industry
Since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) blocked the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, wireless data prices have been rising in the form of higher prices and new caps. The reason is simple. Operators are running out of capacity and have little faith that the FCC can source new usable spectrum. MetroPCS, for one, could have benefited from […]
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04/06/2012
Smartphones, HDTVs Top Consumer ‘Buy’ List
Smartphones and HDTVs are the top consumer-electronics (CE) products U.S. households plan to purchase during the next 12 months, according to a new study released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Phones will be the most purchased CE device this year, with CEA’s report showing 22 percent of U.S. households saying they plan to purchase […]
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04/06/2012
Migrating Ads From Online To Mobile
ValueClick Audience Mapping, a proprietary targeting technology that bridges ValueClick’s anonymous online tracking data to the mobile sphere, thus allowing brands to reach their target audiences across multiple platforms, is the newest offering from ad-networking maven Greystripe, a division of ValueClick Inc. ValueClick’s Data Management Platform consolidates 14 years of expertise and data, billions of […]