interoperability

BOSTON-The battle for 4G is still not expected to hit the ground for several years, but the war over which technology will be used to serve consumers is well under way – and heated.During an opening session at the Mobile …

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Motorola Inc. launched its WiMAX interoperability testing (IOT) program, which is available at its facilities in Arlington Heights, Ill., and at its new lab in Taiwan. The company said its Asian testing location, operated in conjunction with MSkylink, helps it …

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Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/ Economic Downturn. The potentially cataclysmic collapse of Wall Street has injected …

The Federal Communications Commission voted to put in play a new 700 MHz auction plan to foster improved public-safety and commercial wireless broadband communications. However, several commissioners raised concerns over whether potential bidders would be able to secure financing in …

Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, introduced legislation to require telecom recipients of rural universal-service funds to provide automatic roaming on just and reasonable terms to wireless carriers, adding a new dynamic to a …

The government’s goal of restructuring 700 MHz public-safety/commercial rules by year’s end and conducting a re-auction in mid-2009 could be in jeopardy, with key House members urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to slow down the rulemaking so parties …

While key House Homeland Security Committee members appear to back Federal Communications Commission efforts to revise D-Block rules, the panel’s hearing brought to surface differences among lawmakers, first responders and others over critical issues – especially the licensing approach – …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin unveiled a new plan to auction valuable airwaves to foster interoperable public-safety communications around the country, a proposal with nationwide and regional licensing approaches that retains a public-private partnership structure. The plan also advances …

SPRINT NEXTEL CORP. AND CLEARWIRE CORP.’S CAMPAIGN to win government approval of a their national WiMAX plan is drawing static from AT&T Inc. and rural cellular operators on key unsettled wireless policy issues, but the deal has picked up backing …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. Mobile penetration in Latin America was around 66% in early 2008, well …

FEW ARE CERTAIN whether Apple Inc.’s simultaneous, 22-country launch of its 3G iPhone this Friday is unprecedented in the industry. But many observers, cognizant of manufacturing logistics, regulatory-approval and carrier-testing hurdles, will watch closely to see how well the Cupertino, …

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NEW YORK – Turns out all those “open vs. closed” debates aren’t limited just to mobile networks and software platforms. Wireless advertising is joining the fray, too. Kind of.Interoperability – or the lack thereof – caused a stir at last …

PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM TRUST CORP. Chairman Harlin McEwen has distanced himself from a key element in a Federal Communications Commission inspector general report on the unsettled 700 MHz D Block.The report, which cleared Cyren Call Communications Corp. of any wrongdoing …

Increasing customer interest and availability of W-CDMA and GSM handsets are pushing mobile location-based services from the realm of hype into the world of reality.A new report from ABI Research predicts LBS revenues will grow from $515 million last year …

Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. introduced its ChatLink service, a push-to-talk feature that allows its subscribers to use PTT services with people outside of MetroPCS’ network. Kodiak Networks, which powers the ChatLink service as well as other PTT offerings …

While the Federal Communications Commission’s failure to attract a bidder for a national commercial-public safety spectrum license dominated a House telecom subcommittee hearing today, the panel’s review of the 700 MHz auction also served as a platform for addressing other …

Most travelers can imagine why they might actually need to make an in-flight call on their mobile phone. And most travelers would likely acknowledge that they’ve survived thus far without doing so.The European Commission on Monday decided it would loosen …

THE NATION’S TOP TWO CARRIERS plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an LTE rollout won’t happen until 2010 at the earliest, while those from AT&T Mobility pegged a …

The nation’s top two carriers plan to deploy Long Term Evolution network technology over their recent spectrum winnings. However, Verizon Wireless executives said an LTE rollout won’t happen until 2010 at the earliest, while those from AT&T Mobility pegged a …

While ‘interoperability’ and ‘9/11’ have become mainstays in debates on how to improve the highly fragmented public-safety communications regime in the United States, a new survey reveals first responders do not regard terrorism their top concern or consider interoperability their …

A profound — but predictably understandable — policy shift has been evolving since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and horrific hurricanes four years later. Public safety, organically ingrained in and the higher calling component of the Communications Act, already had …

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