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05/25/2011
AT&T Names First LTE Markets
AT&T’s CTO John Donovan wrote on the company’s corporate blog, "The next network evolution will arrive this summer with the addition of LTE in five markets – Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Atlanta and San Antonio. We plan to add another 10 or more markets in the second half of the year, and cover 70 million Americans with […]
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05/25/2011
Cox Pulls the Plug on Wireless Builds
Cox Communications is giving up on its plan to build its own 3G wireless network, using spectrum it purchased at auctions in 2006 and 2008. Instead, it appears to be strengthening its relationship with Sprint. Cox offered the following statement to Communications Technology: "We will soon begin to decommission our 3G network to better focus […]
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05/25/2011
Cox Wireless
Big announcement out of Cox Tues. The MSO said it will "soon" begin to decommission its 3G network and rely solely on Sprint Nextel 's CDMA. Cox's statement seems to indicate that its own network
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05/24/2011
Auction Vs. Assignment: Funding The Promised First-Responder Network
Last March, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Phoenix Center circulated a policy bulletin outlining its framework to assess the relative benefits of having the U.S. government either assign the 10 megahertz of spectrum in the pending “D Block” to public safety or to re-auction the spectrum for commercial use. There were pros and cons […]
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05/24/2011
Despite Blips, Global PON Revenues Grow
A 1Q11 preliminary vendor marketshare report from Infonetics Research says passive optical networking (PON) gear sales are up for the most part, but sales of DSL ports are down. The research firm tracks the following companies: ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, Allied Telesis, Calix, Ciena, Corecess, Dasan, ECI, Enablence, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Iskratel, Millinet, Motorola, NEC, Nokia Siemens, […]
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05/24/2011
ACA: Fiscal Discipline, Allocation Reform Can Fund Rural Broadband
The American Cable Association (ACA) is front-burnering its efforts to push the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move a little faster when it comes to Universal Service Fund reform, particularly when it comes to providing broadband Internet services in high-cost rural areas. The group’s support for a major USF overhaul was included in comments filed […]