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12/22/2010
Barrett Xplore Kicks Off 4G Network Buildout In Quebec
Canadian ISP Barrett Xplore Inc. has put together $55 million in private funding to build an advanced broadband network in rural Canada, consisting of $30 million from existing investors and $25 million in new equity monies. Among the new investors are private equity firm Catalyst Investors and Calgary’s Werklund Capital Corp. The carrier, which provides […]
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12/22/2010
NSN Wins Top LTE Base-Station Vendor Spot
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is Number One in the latest LTE base-station provider Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research, with Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent in second and third place. When putting together these matrices, ABI Research assesses vendors on “innovation” and “implementation” across several criteria unique to each vendor matrix. “NSN is the market leader because […]
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12/22/2010
Research Firm Predicts Plenty Of 2011 Surprises
Here are a few things to ponder about 2011: Facebook could team with Google, Apple and Microsoft to develop a world-beating cloud-TV service. Social networks will pass a billion users, and more than 500 million connected TV devices will be in use. Revenues from tablet computers will top revenues from netbook sales, but only 20 […]
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12/22/2010
CLEC TelePacific Buys Covad Wireless
California CLEC TelePacific Communications, which serves the small and medium-sized business (SMB) segment in California and Nevada, is buying MegaPath Inc.’s NextWeb Inc. subsidiary dba Covad Wireless, a broadband, fixed-wireless carrier operating in TelePacifica area. Under terms of the agreement, TelePacific adds some 3,500 profitable broadband fixed wireless business customers in the two western states […]
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12/21/2010
Breaking News: Genachowski Wins Net Neutrality Fight, But Court Battle Looms
The Federal Communications Commission today finally voted in favor of Internet access regulation, with the vote split between party lines. This “network neutrality” ruling, which has been championed for a year by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, is the federal government’s first move to regulate broadband access. Earlier this month, the chairman outlined what he called […]
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12/21/2010
Report Explains Cognitive Radio’s Place In Future Buildouts
Earlier today, the Washington, D.C.-based Wireless Innovation Forum approved the report Quantifying the Benefits of Cognitive Radio that presents the results of an extensive survey performed by the group’s Cognitive Radio Work Group (CRWG) on open and public Cognitive Radio (CR) literature. The intent of the report is to summarize the “hard numbers” required to […]