Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

Our favorite country to the North, Canada, is going to have its own spectrum auction next month. We can’t wait! Will Google play? Will bidders shell out billions to build 3G networks and then find uptake is slow and beg the government for relief? Oh wait. This is Canada. While we expect more sensibility than its European and U.S. counterparts have shown in recent auctions, it will still be fun to watch as some regionals and cable providers are expected to take part in the auction fun.
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We’re not sure what all the fuss is over the European Commission giving airline passengers the ability to talk in flight – at least yet. RCR Wireless News has been around long enough to remember the GTE Airfone and the Goeken family’s Inflight Phone back in the mid 1990s. Both those services ultimately have been unsuccessful, probably because No. 1, they are expensive, and No. 2, passengers are too busy watching TV to talk to anyone.
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Amid all the talk of when a 3G iPhone will come to market, we’re going to be watching AT&T Mobility’s buildout. Remember, the duo chose to launch on EDGE because it was pervasive. We don’t think AT&T’s 3G network is everywhere yet – and much to one editor’s consternation, no one seems to be complaining about the slowness of the EDGE network. (So there you have it: we were wrong that people would hate to surf the Net on EDGE. Argh, that hurt.)
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Just in case you have not been bludgeoned enough over the head with data showing how awesome the iPhone is and how much of a loser you are for not carrying one, A report from Irish research firm – that’s right, Irish research firm – Stat-Counter claims Apple’s wonder device is the most used mobile browser for Internet access in the U.S., just edging out Nokia’s Symbian OS. So for those of you not using the iPhone to surf the Web, you might want to think about ditching that Flock of Seagulls haircut.
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We are sure you saw the news that Motorola named former AT&T exec David Dorman to replace the venerable Ed Zander as chairman of the fabled and more recently feeble telecom giant. Now, we’re not downplaying Mr. Dorman’s credentials or his ability to turn around that ailing ship, but we are curious how we can get in on this executive merry-go-round. It seems that every time one high-paid exec is shown the door, an old name that was put out to pasture not long ago is brought in to fix the problem. It’s like a constant rotation of batters that these companies dig into every time they need someone to bail out the water their previous savior let deluge their operations. We are sure it’s only a matter of time before Zander is introduced by a weakened player in the space as the savior that will right all that is wrong.