5:33 PM
The DOD and Department of Transportation sent strongly worded letters to the FCC that expressed their concerns over GPS interference by LightSquared's LTE network:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/28/354863/dod-dot-slam-fcc-over-gps-interference-concerns.html
AT&T's CEO admits that they will probably have to divest some assets in order to get their T-Mobile acquisition approved, with Verizon already expressing interest in buying that extra spectrum from AT&T. That really does seem bad for Sprint, no wonder they are fighting the deal:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/atts-stephenson-t-mobile-deal-likely-will-require-divestitures/2011-03-31
Google reached an agreement with the FTC to allow for an independent review of their privacy procedures every 2 years, and they have to ask users to consent before they change how they share their personal information:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-privacy-20110331,0,5927145,full.story
Kansas City was selected for the 1 Gbps broadband network that Google plans to build, with a 2012 target year for service start. Almost 1,100 cities responded to Google's offering:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215347/Google_gigabit_network_going_to_Kansas_City
Wireless operator in Sweden and Denmark is bringing the world's first dual-mode LTE network...it has both the TDD and FDD types of LTE, getting data rates up to 100 Mbps:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/swedens-hi3g-ups-ante-lte-game-dual-mode-tddfdd-network/2011-03-31
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/28/354863/dod-dot-slam-fcc-over-gps-interference-concerns.html
AT&T's CEO admits that they will probably have to divest some assets in order to get their T-Mobile acquisition approved, with Verizon already expressing interest in buying that extra spectrum from AT&T. That really does seem bad for Sprint, no wonder they are fighting the deal:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/atts-stephenson-t-mobile-deal-likely-will-require-divestitures/2011-03-31
Google reached an agreement with the FTC to allow for an independent review of their privacy procedures every 2 years, and they have to ask users to consent before they change how they share their personal information:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google-privacy-20110331,0,5927145,full.story
Kansas City was selected for the 1 Gbps broadband network that Google plans to build, with a 2012 target year for service start. Almost 1,100 cities responded to Google's offering:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215347/Google_gigabit_network_going_to_Kansas_City
Wireless operator in Sweden and Denmark is bringing the world's first dual-mode LTE network...it has both the TDD and FDD types of LTE, getting data rates up to 100 Mbps:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/swedens-hi3g-ups-ante-lte-game-dual-mode-tddfdd-network/2011-03-31