FCC on wireless: Defining competition is task one

The FCC voted unanimously to move both of its wireless investigations to the formal
Service provider capex takes off in second half 09

Service providers are planning to increase their capital spending in the second half of the year, according to a number of financial industry and media sources. The exact percentage of increase and the way it will be distributed among vendors hasn’t been reported.
But our current data...
Internet piracy regulation: The Industrial Revolution evolution

The UK’s regulatory arm, Ofcom, is considering a set of procedures aimed at reducing online piracy, and these include shutting off the Internet services of offenders who ignore repeated warnings....
Huawei’s T-Mobile LTE win shows revenue concerns

Huawei, which recently appeared to reaffirm its guidance on sales growth for the year, has won an important T-Mobile trial in Austria. The deal gives Huawei the largest LTE field trial in Europe to date and...
Google and wireless regulation in the U.S.

There’s more debate on the smartphone VoIP front as both Google and T-Mobile deny there were any deliberate restrictions placed on Skype for the T-Mobile Android handsets....
FCC wireless market inquiries overdue, could affect spending

The FCC’s agenda for its August 27 meeting shows a commitment to a broad review of the wireless market, from its role in the national broadband policy to the state of competition and some wireless practices.
Both...
NSN’s 4G plans and strategic location for LTE center

NSN is opening a new LTE development center in Dallas, next door to the Nortel facilities, in effect, and thus able to draw on the labor pool from Nortel, much of which is willing to jump first and see how Ericsson might do...
Fast Internet, pricing policies and the middle mile

Rogers Cable showed how different Canada and the U.S. are with its new DOCSIS 3.0-based offering. The service is 50Mb/2Mb, which is more asymmetrical than the U.S. market would typically offer, and...
Sony Ericsson pins handset hopes on new president

Sony Ericsson named a new president, the former head of Ericsson’s U.S. operation, in the hope that management changes can reverse the course of the company’s...
Verizon completes LTE test, discusses plans

Verizon completed a two-city test of its LTE service to the hype and hyperbole of the press, but there are still no indications of what LTE will really mean to users because its price and...