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"We were promised affordable, ubiquitous broadband wireless for everyone, " he told a crowd of engineers.
"Broadband wireless is a big upcoming category, " says Scott Richardson, general manager of the broadband-wireless division at Intel.
To win, carriers will have to give up spending on traditional cell networks and put their money into broadband wireless.
The auction covers 90 Megaherz of advanced wireless spectrum across the U.S., which can be used for carrying both voice and advanced data services like broadband wireless.
Morales sees multiples reasons for the slim broadband wireless options in many emerging markets, including PTT monopolies in some countries, and the need for infrastructure upgrades in others.
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This development is made possible by a new wave of technology: radio-frequency ID chips the size of pepper grains, broadband wireless and Web-based "dashboards" enabling monitoring and management.
The broadband wireless network operator made the comments in response to a Bloomberg story yesterday which said the company had talked to Blackstone Group about possible financial restructuring alternatives.
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Those relationships will help it with WiMax deployments in the U.S. The company is also working with broadband wireless carriers developing WiMax networks, such as Airspan Networks and BelAir Networks.
Although Teledesic says it is still confident of success, others fear that the improvement of rival technologies, such as broadband wireless and fibre optics, will leave Teledesic with little but niche markets.
According to numbers I am hearing, notebook companies really like selling notebooks with wide-area broadband wireless, because the amount of money they make from the activation is more than they make for selling five notebooks.
The network, called Gigabit Seattle ( www.gigabitseattle.com) includes three pieces: Fiber directly to the home and business in twelve demonstration neighborhoods, dedicated gigabit broadband wireless connections to multifamily housing and offices across Seattle, and next generation mobile wireless internet.
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Even the best upcoming broadband wireless technologies from the telcos are nowhere near the 100Mbit or better I can get from from telco to get to the Internet, nor are they as reliable as copper or fiber, and they are orders of magnitude more expensive.
And to be clear, the first versions of the Playbook in fact will reach the Internet either via WiFi, or through Bluetooth tethering to your BlackBerry, though the company also plans to offer a broadband wireless version of the device via Sprint later in the year.
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The solution: For a few billion dollars, Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) could get into the phone business itself, buying the spectrum it needs to offer not just voice service for all those iPhone users, but to build the broadband wireless links it needs to offer next generation, network-centric computing, communications and entertainment.
Much recent broadband policy has focused on wireless broadband initiatives with telecom companies and industry groups like the CTIA The Wireless Association calling on the FCC to free up wireless spectrum for greater Internet access.
When it comes to broadband competition, the FCC should remove barriers to entry for wireless broadband operators seeking to deploy 4G wireless technologies, and eliminate the disincentives facing telcos for deploying fiber beyond the 55 million U.S. homes that were served as of March 2012.
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Did anyone even come close to anticipating the economic fallout from broadband and now the pending wireless broadband revolution?
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The bill would allocate additional spectrum to the Public Safety community for a nationwide broadband network and provide secondary wireless broadband services to most of rural America.
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The speed of the economy will continue to depend on broadband and wireless spectrum.
Mr. Bye said providing cellphone service will allow Cox to offer a bundle of TV, broadband and wireless service.
The company also holds stakes in Asian telecommunications companies planning to deliver broadband and wireless net access, among them a joint venture with NTTDoCoMo in Japan and Korea's Thrunet.
What is 4G wireless broadband anyway and how does it affect the wireless industry and the companies that build products and services for wireless?
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IPWireless is a pioneer in wireless broadband and broadcast and its inventions are on the cutting edge of wireless technologies.
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By 2015 it is hoped the investments in UK cities will provide ultra-fast broadband coverage to 1.7 million households and high-speed wireless broadband for three million residents.
Companies involved in emergency medical equipment that elect to include wireless broadband into their products are in line to prosper along with other companies on the periphery of wireless.
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Devices that use Verizon Wireless approved Bug Labs' modules and that connect to the Verizon Wireless network via pre-approved Verizon Wireless Broadband Access cards or removable modems do not need to be submitted for any testing by Verizon Wireless before they may be activated on the Verizon Wireless network.
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Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices today operate in 555 megahertz of spectrum in the 5 GHz band, and are used for short range, high speed wireless connections including Wi-Fi enabled local area networks and fixed outdoor broadband transceivers used by wireless Internet service providers to connect smart phones, tablets and laptops to the broadband network.
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