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MediaG3, Inc. Announces Progress Report on Its WIMAX Broadband Wireless Roll-Out Strategy		Thu, Nov 5 09:00 PM
MediaG3 announced that the Company's expansion plan is advancing according to expectation. Recently, the Company announced a successful service launch in Keizer and Salem, Oregon, and following the initial successful launch in Boise, Idaho. MediaG3, Inc. is pleased to report the progress on the Company's developing WIMAX broadband wireless internet service roll-out strategy in the United States.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
NuMobile, Inc. and Kaizen Communications, Inc. Present Broadband Wireless Commerce Technology Strategy for 4.1 Billion Messages per Day Market Place		Thu, Nov 5 09:00 PM
The two companies have jointly released an on-demand Webcast discussing the acquisition strategy and more on Kaizen's applications and technology for the mobile commerce industry. Kaizen is an application provider for several markets including SMS, also known as text messaging, MMS, which involves multi-media messaging, and IVR, interactive voice response. Kaizen's technology provides real-time information updates to keep consumers informed and provides valuable response and demographic data back to companies.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
Ericsson's CTO to Spearhead Rapidly Growing Broadband Wireless IP Business		Wed, Nov 4 09:00 PM
Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) in-coming President and CEO has appointed its CTO HÃ¥kan Eriksson to head Ericsson in Silicon Valley, the center of the company's important IP business. HÃ¥kan Eriksson will lead the work to further enhance Ericsson's global position when fixed, mobile and internet converge.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
Mercedes-Benz Dealership Deploys AeroScout Wi-Fi Asset Tracking Solution to Optimize Vehicle Logistics and Service Levels		Wed, Nov 4 09:00 PM
AeroScout working with Telefónica and Cisco, announced that the Mercedes-Benz dealership of Valencia, Spain has successfully deployed AeroScout's Vehicle Tracking and Management solution. Using the AeroScout Wi-Fi RFID solution, the dealership is able to leverage its reliable, flexible and high-performance Cisco Unified Wireless Network , which is also used for Wi-Fi and voice applications. In addition, the dealership is able to extend operational efficiencies to its service department and ensure the distinctive, high-quality customer experience associated with the Mercedes-Benz brand.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
Savi and Partners Launch RFID Solution for Oil and Gas Industry; Broadband Wireless System Automatically Tracks and Manages Supplies		Wed, Nov 4 09:00 PM
Savi has formed an oil and gas strategic alliance with Shipcom Wireless and KBR Wireless, who are offering a complete software solution that links with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to instantly track and manage supplies transported between onshore and offshore oil and gas facilities worldwide.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
iPass Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results		Wed, Nov 4 09:00 PM
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS)reported financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2009. On a GAAP basis, iPass reported revenues of $42.6 million for the third quarter of 2009 and a $6.1 million net loss or ($0.10) per share, of which $4.8 million or ($0.08) per share resulted from a charge for state sales taxes and related penalties and interest. This compared to revenues of $48.4 million and a $2.1 million net loss or ($0.03) per share in the third quarter of 2008, and compared to revenues of $43.7 million and $1.0 million in net income or $0.02 per diluted share in the prior quarter.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
Vecima Strengthens Executive Team		Wed, Nov 4 09:00 PM
Dr. Surinder Kumar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vecima Networks Inc. (TSX:VCM), the Last Mile Solution for broadband wired and wireless networks, is pleased to announce the strengthening of the Company's senior management group with the appointment of Richard Funnell to Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and the promotion of Sumit Kumar to Executive Vice President.		Broadband Wireless News - Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless Internet Access, and Wireless ISPs - Main News Short
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Weekend Open Thread - You might feel better if you talk about it...		Fri, Nov 20 04:23 PM
The weekend has finally arrived. Empty your head into the comment section below. read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
Friday Evening Links -		Fri, Nov 20 03:14 PM
• Is mobile broadband pricing finally starting to decline? fiercewireless.com • Broadband stimulus grants delayed networkworld.com • UK Digital Economy Bill As Bad As Expected; Digital Britain Minister Flat Out Lies About ISP Support techdirt.com • Analysts: Nokia unlikely to snap up Palm fiercewireless.com • NPR reporter blames - wait for it... the Internet for Ft. Hood rampage npr.org • Air Canada Will Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi, Too gigaom.com • Verizon Referral Program Offers Up To $600 In 'Reward Cards' multichannel.com • Ebay closes Skype sale theinquirer.net read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
Verizon Brings FiOS To Philadelphia - First neighborhoods in 7 year project come online		Fri, Nov 20 12:20 PM
While Comcast lobbyists tried their best to slow the encroachment of Verizon FiOS into their hometown of Philadelphia, the Philly city council authorized a citywide franchise back in February (you can read the agreement here (pdf) if you're into that kind of thing). As per the deal, Verizon has around seven years to wire the whole city, though these agreements (as with NYC and DC) often have loopholes that let Verizon extend deadlines or wiggle out of obligations should certain adoption numbers not be met. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, service this week went live in Chestnut Hill, South Philadelphia and North Philadelphia, near Girard College. Additional neighborhoods should come online this year, but Verizon isn't saying which ones. Verizon does keep a PA construction notice (pdf) on their website, but it's quite often outdated. read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
Deutsche Telekom Looking For U.S. T-Mobile Partner - Wants to make move to improve fourth place showing		Fri, Nov 20 10:47 AM
There's been a flurry of rumors lately surrounding T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom, and their desire to improve T-Mobile's fourth-place fortunes in the U.S. wireless market. Rumors recently suggested that Deutsche Telekom wanted to buy Sprint and merge the company with T-Mobile, despite some headache-inducing technical and network integration differences. When that rumor was debunked, a new rumor surfaced saying that Deutsche Telekom wanted to partner with Clearwire, funding Clear deployment in exchange for access to spectrum. This week, insiders tell the German Handelsblatt newspaper that Deutsche Telekom is still looking for a U.S. network investment partner, and is in fact considering some kind of deal with AT&T, MetroPCS and/or Clearwire. read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
Telus Sues Rogers Over Ad Claims - Canadian carriers feud over 3G speed crown		Fri, Nov 20 07:02 AM
Apparently taking a page out of this month's advertising debate between AT&T and Verizon, Canadian carrier Telus has sued Rogers Communications for ads claiming that the Rogers wireless network is "the fastest and most reliable in the country." Telus and Bell Canada have of course just launched their new, $1 billion HSPA network, which offers speeds up to 21 Mbps to Canadian customers. As such, Telus demanded earlier this month that Rogers stop making advertising claims that they held the 3G speed edge -- a request Rogers ignored, since they too offer 21 Mbps HSPA+ service. "Telus has not submitted any data on their network performance and we look forward to vigorously defending our position in court," says Rogers. read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
Will AOL's Implosion Ever End? - Latest remake involves laying off one third of staff...		Fri, Nov 20 05:43 AM
AOL continues an interesting trip that took them from one of the largest and most powerful ISPs on the Internet, to a fractured and financially-troubled company with dreams of becoming an advertising giant. Of course most of their problems were caused by their inability to adapt to (or really in some cases even recognize) the broadband market -- something that was at least in part caused by former executive Lisa Hook, who went on to do amazing things with VoIP carrier SunRocket as well. With its spin off from Time Warner, the company this fall has undergone its latest in an endless line of evolution efforts, but has announced those changes will come with pink slips for about one third of AOL's employees, or about 2,300 workers. read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
FCC Hints At Return To Open Access - Companies are of course, annoyed...		Fri, Nov 20 05:21 AM
According to the Wall Street Journal, the FCC is seriously considering re-establishing some kind of open access rules, which would give new entrants access to incumbent infrastructure at reduced price. Open access was the central idea behind the 1996 telecom act, which required incumbent operators to share network access with smaller competitors in order to bolster competition as those upstarts grew into legitimate carriers. A combination of inconsistent regulation and incumbent lobbying ultimately resulted in the U.S. scrapping the idea, though other countries (like France) were able to make the idea work. Last month, the FCC ruffled feathers when an FCC-funded study by the Harvard University's Berkman Center suggested that such open access policies, when supported by consistent regulation, resulted lower prices, improved broadband penetration, and better service for consumers. That study was quickly set upon by industry lobbyists and their various policy mouthpieces, notes the Washington Post. The National Cable And Telecommunications Association quickly attacked the report as both biased and unreliable: "Unfortunately, the Report prepared by the Berkman Center is neither comprehensive nor objective," the National Cable and Telecommunications Association wrote in its comments. "Ignoring the commission s request to perform a thorough study of all the factors potentially affecting broadband deployment and adoption, the Berkman Report donned blinders for any issue that did not fit its agenda of promoting government mandated access regulation." Of course the National Cable and Telecommunications Association itself is no stranger to the idea of fitting the science to the political agenda, so their lamentations on the subject ring a little hollow. Given said companies spent millions of dollars and the better part of the last decade derailing the last effort to impose these kinds of sharing obligations, they're no doubt daunted by the possibility of having to do it all over again. read comment(s)		DSLreports - front page
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