Clearwire and China Mobile want to use their respective unpaired spectrum holdings in the 2.5 GHz band for TD-LTE, but there’s a catch: The development of equipment and devices for TD-LTE lags behind FDD-LTE, the standard used in Verizon Wireless and AT&T’s LTE networks. To that end, Clearwire and China Mobile began work in September […]
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Nortel fraud trial begins
A fraud case against three former Nortel Networks executives who are accused of falsifying financial reports began Monday, eight years after they were fired. Former chief executive Frank Dunn, chief financial officer Douglas Beatty and corporate controller Michael Gollogly were dismissed from the company in 2004. Nortel has been winding down as a company since […]
Rogers launches free sports barker channel to digital subs
Claiming an industry first in Canada, Rogers Communications has rolled out a barker channel, Sportsnews, for free to its digital customers. Sportsnews provides updated scores, fantasy information and statistics that are drawn from various data feeds, according to a Rogers spokeswoman. The channel also features up-to-date Twitter feeds from various Sportsnews personalities. “Sportsnews is the […]
ITC: Motorola not violating Apple patents
Motorola Mobility’s smartphones are not in violation of any Apple patents included in a recent suit, according to an initial decision issued today by an administrative law judge (ALJ) with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). The ITC will issue a final decision on the matter in March. Apple filed its initial complaint with the […]
Rural turns to white space
Like most wireless Internet service providers, Jab Broadband relies on unlicensed spectrum to get its service out to sparsely populated areas where there’s only dial-up service. The open airwaves are plentiful, spanning the 900 MHz band, 5 GHz band and heavily populated 2.4 GHz band, but Jab Broadband has to share them with federal users, […]
Officials: Broadband plan would disrupt GPS
Tests show that even the modified plans of the company LightSquared to start up a national high-speed wireless broadband network would cause harmful interference with GPS signals, federal officials said in a letter released Friday. “There appear to be no practical solutions or mitigations that would permit the LightSquared broadband service, as proposed, to operate […]
Apple discloses suppliers for 1st time
Apple has disclosed a list of its suppliers for the iPhone, iPad and other popular gadgets for the first time amid growing criticism over labor and environmental practices, especially in China. The list for years has been strictly and fervently protected. Even a glimpse of an Apple iPhone or its components before a public release […]
Hulu Plus ends year with 1.5M subscribers
Hulu Plus, the online video subscription service owned by major broadcast networks ABC, Fox and NBC, reached a new milestone at the end of the year, with 1.5 million paying subscribers a little more than a year after its formal launch. Its CEO, Jason Kilar, also brought in the new year with a comment Hulu’s […]
Showtime gets ready to launch iPad app
Showtime Networks is set to duplicate HBO’s iPad app with the same enabling technology from Azuki Systems. Showtime has selected the Azuki Media Platform to support the programmer’s Showtime Anytime authentication service on the iPad. The app will be available with “participating distributers,” but there have been no announcements yet on which of Showtime’s MVPD […]
STMicroelectronics proposes green home control system
Offering another approach to broadband-based home energy management, STMicroelectronics is proposing a line of sensors and controllers that can be distributed around the home that all communicate with a dongle that could plug into almost any device, including PCs, set-tops and gateways. ST’s GreenNet Wireless Sensor Networking technology comprises self-powered nodes that could, for example, […]