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Jan31
Open Access on it's way
A bid on the largest portion of public wireless airwaves, now being auctioned by the FCC, reached $4.7 billion today, triggering an open access provision which will force the winning bidder to allow any device or software to work on that spectrum.

 

While bidding is anonymous, analysts speculate that Google and Verizon Wireless are the likely bidders on that swath, which is about one-third of the total spectrum currently being auctioned.

 

The FCC is selling off the spectrum that's being freed as part of the switch to digital television in February 2009. The airwaves are considered especially valuable because the frequencies travel long distances and can easily pass through walls.

 

Google had lobbied hard to make open-access conditions part of the spectrum, which the major telecom companies have fought, though AT&T Wireless and Verizon Wireless have recently relented on open access.

 

FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said at a press conference Thursday that the open access rule will help foster innovation in handsets and applications. The spectrum, he added, could make high-speed wireless Internet service "more ubiquitous" and more competitive with cable and DSL.

 

Jan30
Major Internet Serivce Outage
Jan29
More good news for DSL
More good news for DSL
More good news for DSL
More good news for DSL
Jan28
AT&T offers free wi-fi access so some if its customers
Jan25
The Butt Stops Here
Jan24
Cell Phones on Planes
Jan23
Verizon FiOS IMG part 2
Jan22
Verizon FiOS IMG
Jan21
Is DSL dead?
Jan18
Have you taken a SIP 5
Jan17
Have you taken a SIP 4
Jan16
Have you taken a SIP 3
Jan15
Have you taken a SIP part 2
Jan14
Have you taken a SIP?
Jan11
VoIP Resources online - VoIP-Pricer
Jan10
ISPs closing some ramps on the infomation super highway
Jan 8
Here comes WiMax
Jan 7
All digital TV is coming, are you ready?
Jan 4
Skype continues its move off of the PC
Jan 3
More Lawsuits in the Telecom World
Jan 2
Using cell phones while driving causes traffic

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