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Satellite and Cellular Marry: Verizon Screwed

SkyTerra's Mobile Satellite Ventures, ICO Global Communications and Qualcomm have jointly announced they will work together to develop chips which will allow cell phones to rely on satellites when cellular networks are not available.It will be a few years until...

Posted on September 23, 2008 9:28 AM

AT&T Boosts GPS With A-GPS

AT&T just announed they will support A-GPS or assisted GPS which is a technology which utilizes the best of the GPS and cellular worlds allowing faster and more accurate postition tracking. GPS while fairly accurate, can take minutes to initialize...

Posted on September 10, 2008 10:37 AM

Cable Content Blog

Be sure to check out one of TMC's latest blogs -- Cable Content Connection written by Dave Rodriguez -- TMC VP of conferences and publications. One of Dave's entries which caught my eye was titled McCain gets better rating then...

Posted on September 5, 2008 2:29 PM

Of Cell Phones and Unborn Babies

Does cell phone use cause behavioral problems in children? A new study is out on the the matter and while it is not conclusive it did find increased cell phone use does seem to lead to children with more behavioral...

Posted on May 28, 2008 11:19 AM

Japan's High-Speed Internet Satellite

While some of us in the US may be proud that we are able to surf the web at speeds of 10 Mbps or even a bit more, in Japan they are striving for speeds of 1.2 Gbps or...

Posted on February 24, 2008 8:32 AM

Aerophone In-Flight Calling

A company called Aerophone has recently announced that they will be using picocell technology connected to transceivers to allow passengers to use their cellphones to talk while in-flight. According tot he company, the system will not have a negative...

Posted on February 7, 2008 8:54 AM

Foundry Powers XM

Good news for Foundry Networks as XM Satellite radio has allowed the company to go public with the fact that the leading satellite radio company has chosen Foundry's BigIron, FastIron SuperX, FastIron SX 800 and FastIron Edge X series Layer...

Posted on February 5, 2008 1:55 PM

The End of Car Theft

Although this has nothing to do with IP communications, I thought it worth mentioning the end of car theft is likely right around the corner. Why? GM’s OnStar the satellite linked service which helps passengers get to restaurants can also...

Posted on October 9, 2007 7:17 AM

The Merger Satellite Radio Needs

Talks of XM and Sirius merging seem to be an on and off affair with many groups against and some even for the proposed merger of satellite radio companies. For my part, I think it is bad for consumers to...

Posted on June 3, 2007 3:25 PM

Will Technology Spread Democracy Faster than War?

It seems in Iran, broadband access and satellite dishes are scaring the government. In fact the government is so scared this new technology will make citizens yearn for democracy, it has banned high-speed broadband and satellite dishes. Iraq too had...

Posted on October 18, 2006 12:07 PM

To Akron, Atlanta and Back

I had a fun but tiring trip from LaGuardia Airport to Akron, Ohio to Atlanta, GA and back home. I got to fly on AirTran to Ohio and was dreading flying on this airline. For some reason I associate the...

Posted on May 18, 2006 11:13 AM

Opie and Anthony return

Sure they’re degusting but so what!Shock jocks Opie and Anthony who were fired from CBS for broadcasting a couple having sex in a church may be rehired by CBS who will potentially syndicate the show from XM Satellite Radio. What...

Posted on April 21, 2006 11:32 AM

Leap Second

Wondering what scientific debates are going on as a result of the new year? Take a look at this article on leap seconds. Things that you will learn:In 1958 an atomic second was defined as the time it takes for...

Posted on January 2, 2006 8:27 AM

Galileo

If the United States ever has a war with a country that depends on GPS for weapon accuracy we would win as we are able to selectively turn GPS off if needed. The US owns the satellites after all. If...

Posted on December 28, 2005 5:46 PM