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Longview IoT Boosts Energy and Wireless Efficiency
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Hallmark's Simple, Inexpensive Way to Boost Customer Satisfaction
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Huawei Places the World's First 5G VoNR Video Call
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IGEL Advances Future of Work
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Tata Communications and Cisco Collaborate on SD-WAN
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How to Win the 50-Year-Old China Trade War
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Extreme Elements Enables The Autonomous Enterprise
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Full Story »BOF: The New 4G: the FCC decision and use of White Spaces
September 30, 2010On one of the mail lists I participate in the conversation has been intriguing about what technology is the right technology for TV White Space. WiMAX, WiFi and LTE advocates which can normally find detante' showing different ecosystems. The opportunity with White Space represents a different kind of opportunity, because it is unlicensed Spectrum.
On Wednesday at the Conference we are running a BOF about the White Space where we look at it not from the technology alone but from the business model.
Does the concept of a service provider matter, or will we get a wider ability to mesh as end users?
Where and When should we expect solutions in the market place?
You can join us remotely by clicking here http://www.zipdx.com/event/ws6oct2010.php.
Barlow Keener will moderate.
Jack Unger
President of Ask-Wi.Com, Inc.
Jack Unger founded the company in 1993 after working for 14 years in the Silicon Valley telecom industry for ROLM, IBM, Siemens and NEC. Ask-Wi.com has been serving the broadband wireless community for the past 17 years. Mr. Unger deployed one of the world's first wireless ISPs (WISPs) in Silicon Valley 1995. He has personally has trained over 3500 wireless personnel and he wrote the first handbook for the WISP industry, "Deploying License-Free Wireless Wide-Area Networks", which was published by Cisco Press in 2003.
Missing the Point on e911
September 23, 2010
The Commission is rearranging the deck chairs on e911.
First of all to their credit they want to improve accuracy of wireless services. According the Chairman Genachowski over 50% of the e911 calls need better details.
Then came examples of suggestions for people to tell the dispatcher. What Floor you are on, what are nearby landmarks. All good stuff except they have little to do with the GPS system.
On the other hand, pictures using MMS, or email would be useful.
Oh Wait! The dispatcher does not have capabilities for these things.
It would be nice if more emphasis was placed on fixing the government's side of the connection and upgrading it rather than putting pressure on the private sector to deliver more details.
Worse, solutions such as VoIP they force fit the old rules upon. It makes me wonder if the commission had been around at the beginning of POTS would it have required an integration to the telegraph. After all at the time it was the central point for all communication.
The sad reality is that we could build a better 911 application on Android than any dispatcher can get from the current system. Anyone up for the challenge?
First of all to their credit they want to improve accuracy of wireless services. According the Chairman Genachowski over 50% of the e911 calls need better details.
Then came examples of suggestions for people to tell the dispatcher. What Floor you are on, what are nearby landmarks. All good stuff except they have little to do with the GPS system.
On the other hand, pictures using MMS, or email would be useful.
Oh Wait! The dispatcher does not have capabilities for these things.
It would be nice if more emphasis was placed on fixing the government's side of the connection and upgrading it rather than putting pressure on the private sector to deliver more details.
Worse, solutions such as VoIP they force fit the old rules upon. It makes me wonder if the commission had been around at the beginning of POTS would it have required an integration to the telegraph. After all at the time it was the central point for all communication.
The sad reality is that we could build a better 911 application on Android than any dispatcher can get from the current system. Anyone up for the challenge?
A New Series of Posts
August 21, 2010
We are getting close to 4GWE and I am off to LA next week for other reasons, so I am looking forward to scoping out the place in advance. I am trying to minimize my impact on the time, buy allowing staging the intros. While doing that, I decided to try something different.
Tell me what you thing of my Better Know A Session Series?
Tell me what you thing of my Better Know A Session Series?
Steve Colbert, used to do "Better Know a District" This is my version.
And this session on Wednesday is 4G Synergies in Silicon by Mindspeed's CEO Raouf Halim.
Mindspeed has been part of the community that serves the VoIP and wireless world, so it's logical that as they look at the expansion of the wireless Internet, Mindspeed brings an understanding of concerns around over the top and wireless backhaul service delivery.
Why do they call the session Synergies is the question I have on my mind. From the perspective of Mindspeed is the silicon stable for both LTE and WiMAX? Are the deployments in the handset impacting the evolved packet core, or are we actually seeing a détente that allows the Wireless Internet at the core to be just as interoperable as the Internet Backbone is on fiber? In other words is the backhaul network still an access network or is it closer to the Internet Backbone?
Those are the questions on my mind, but the more important question is probably in your mind. So join us at 4GWE so you can ask it and be part of the event.
Clearwire Saved by LTE? Its not the Technology its the Spectrum.
August 9, 2010
Don't let the Technocrats confuse the issue,. The story is still about Internet Access and in the wireless world this means SPECTRUM.
Pole Attachments 101: Even for Wireless we need them
July 27, 2010
Aug 18th Audio Conference 12 EST 9AM PST
"Pole Attachments" have different meanings each section of the telecommunications, cable, wireless, and broadband industries. Some consider the topic boring and unimportant. But the FCC does not see it that way and neither do the grant winners of hundreds of millions of dollars for NTIA funding to build fiber optic facilities across rural and urban America. These grant winners have two to three year deadlines for spending the funding and completing the projects.
The Opportunity Gap: New Spectrum Same Problem
June 28, 2010
The Wireless world is expanding in traffic and spectrum now that President Obama is looking to open up spectrum.
Regardless of what the policy is from the White House the need for data services on mobile solutions is expanding and the need to support these solutions is requiring the carriers to become more efficient.
The use of multicore systems is part of the mainstay of development by the silicon companies that are at the heart of the 4G evolution. These systems can impact the can increase the ability to deliver new services which can be used to increase the average revenue per unit.
If you are specifying the future here is where you should start.
What Attendees will learn:
Join Wind River for an informative session on the role network acceleration solutions play in increasing the overall intelligence in the network. In this web seminar we'll discuss the advancements in embedded software for multi-core technologies and how it is enabling network elements to make intelligent packet processing decisions related to traffic management, security, and content handling.
Who should attend:
• Network equipment providers
• Telecom equipment manufacturers
• Service providers
• Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) board vendors Speakers:
Mark Guinther
Product Line Manager Wind River
Regardless of what the policy is from the White House the need for data services on mobile solutions is expanding and the need to support these solutions is requiring the carriers to become more efficient.
The use of multicore systems is part of the mainstay of development by the silicon companies that are at the heart of the 4G evolution. These systems can impact the can increase the ability to deliver new services which can be used to increase the average revenue per unit.
If you are specifying the future here is where you should start.
What Attendees will learn:
Join Wind River for an informative session on the role network acceleration solutions play in increasing the overall intelligence in the network. In this web seminar we'll discuss the advancements in embedded software for multi-core technologies and how it is enabling network elements to make intelligent packet processing decisions related to traffic management, security, and content handling.
Who should attend:
• Network equipment providers
• Telecom equipment manufacturers
• Service providers
• Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) board vendors Speakers:
Mark Guinther
Product Line Manager Wind River
Mark Guinther is a Product Line Manager for Networking Technologies at Wind River. He has over twenty years of experience in the data/ voice/wireless networking industry including management positions at Alcatel and FORE Systems.
4G is in the Stars: Satelite to Terresterial
June 11, 2010As LTE networks begin the testing phase, one mobile phone competitor, SkyTerra Communication, is planning to build a nationwide wholesale mobile network using a combination of Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) and an ATC (ancillary terrestrial component) network to deliver 4G mobile capability.
I plan to bring in three industry visionaries to discuss this bold and very interesting strategy. The discussion, in the form of an audiocast, will take place on June 15th at 11:00 a.m.
Not the Usual Suspects: The Road Block Ahead Audiocast
May 10, 2010
Audiocast: Come join the Conference Call
The Roadblock Ahead: FCC vs. Comcast What's Next.
May 25, 2010 From 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
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Abstract: As the US looks to redefine its National Broadband Policy the FCC finds itself be questioned about its authority. Access and Over the Top services are both desired in the future
markets, but the role of the FCC is now in question.
- Does the FCC have jurisdiction to manage the interaction between access and applications?
- How much of the old rules can be applied when the model is no longer based on carrier interaction but theinternetworking that goes beyond the distance the of a single provider?
- What concerns do applications and services like peer to Peer have about the control by access providers?
- Should the rules be the same regardless of wireline and wireless?
To Participate email me. Carl Ford [email protected] or sign up here
Glenn S. Richards Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Glenn is a partner in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's communications group. He represents VoIP providers, wireline and wireless communications carriers, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers and large users of telecommunications services in transactional and litigation matters, and in regulatory matters before the FCC, state public utility commissions and international regulatory agencies.
Glenn has been active with the Voice on the Net Coalition since its inception, serving as primary outside counsel from 1997-2006 and Executive Director since September 2009.
He has also served as a member of US delegations for International Telecommunication Union radio conferences, including the 1995 and 1997 World Radiocommunication Conferences, and CITEL conferences in 1992 and 1995. He has also served on the North American Numbering Council.
Hank Hultquist - Vice President, Federal Regulatory, AT&T
Hank joined AT&T (then SBC) in 2004. He represents AT&T at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on a number of issues including broadband and Internet policy, video and media policy, intercarrier compensation, and universal service.
The Roadblock Ahead: FCC vs. Comcast What's Next.
May 25, 2010 From 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
powered by
Abstract: As the US looks to redefine its National Broadband Policy the FCC finds itself be questioned about its authority. Access and Over the Top services are both desired in the future
markets, but the role of the FCC is now in question.
- Does the FCC have jurisdiction to manage the interaction between access and applications?
- How much of the old rules can be applied when the model is no longer based on carrier interaction but theinternetworking that goes beyond the distance the of a single provider?
- What concerns do applications and services like peer to Peer have about the control by access providers?
- Should the rules be the same regardless of wireline and wireless?
To Participate email me. Carl Ford [email protected] or sign up here
Glenn S. Richards Partner Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Glenn is a partner in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's communications group. He represents VoIP providers, wireline and wireless communications carriers, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers and large users of telecommunications services in transactional and litigation matters, and in regulatory matters before the FCC, state public utility commissions and international regulatory agencies.
Glenn has been active with the Voice on the Net Coalition since its inception, serving as primary outside counsel from 1997-2006 and Executive Director since September 2009.
He has also served as a member of US delegations for International Telecommunication Union radio conferences, including the 1995 and 1997 World Radiocommunication Conferences, and CITEL conferences in 1992 and 1995. He has also served on the North American Numbering Council.
Hank Hultquist - Vice President, Federal Regulatory, AT&T
Hank joined AT&T (then SBC) in 2004. He represents AT&T at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on a number of issues including broadband and Internet policy, video and media policy, intercarrier compensation, and universal service.
Is Skype Mobile the Exception or the Rule?
March 10, 2010
Verizon Wireless and Skype provided a model for the VoIP provider to meet the wireless operator, but the model is probably not how must carriers will meet.
Next week we are running a webinar about Voice over LTE [VoLTE] which is an interoperabilty standard that the carriers are looking to deploy complying with the 3GPP architecture.
While other proposals have been out there, the VoLTE group represents the scale and overall perspective of the GSMA carrier membership.
It's a SIP based solution using the IMS standard, so in the end it may be that only the larger operators are going to interconnect. However it may be that because of this common platform new services will be available to third parties.
These are the questions that I am looking to get answers to when I attend the webinar March 18th and 11 EDT.
To join us sign up here.
Next week we are running a webinar about Voice over LTE [VoLTE] which is an interoperabilty standard that the carriers are looking to deploy complying with the 3GPP architecture.
While other proposals have been out there, the VoLTE group represents the scale and overall perspective of the GSMA carrier membership.
It's a SIP based solution using the IMS standard, so in the end it may be that only the larger operators are going to interconnect. However it may be that because of this common platform new services will be available to third parties.
These are the questions that I am looking to get answers to when I attend the webinar March 18th and 11 EDT.
To join us sign up here.
