2:07 PM
Google sure puts a lot of effort into April 1:
http://www.google.com/mail/help/motion.html#utm_source=en-et-na-us
FCC Commissioner says that he has strong doubts about AT&T's proposal to buy T-Mobile, saying that they will have "a steeper climb" than the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal...and he voted against allowing that merger. He expressed concern about how the new AT&T and Verizon will control 80% of the market if AT&T buys T-Mobile:
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/153019-sdfsf
Politico has extensive excerpts of the FCC Commissioner's interview, including the concerns he expressed about how the AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition could negatively affect other things at the FCC:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52315.html
The IEEE approved the next WiMAX standard--IEEE 802.16m is the next step after 802.16e and is supposed to be able to reach downlink speeds over 300 Mbps:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215414/IEEE_approves_next_WiMax_standard
Time Warner Cable is apparently testing a smartphone that works over both Clearwire's WiMAX network and Sprint's CDMA network. This would put Time Warner Cable in direct competition with AT&T and Verizon...but I'm not sure how this will differ from what Sprint is doing (though Time Warner can offer a bundle deal):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/time-warner-cable-said-be-testing-wimax-smartphone/2011-03-31
Lawsuit alleges that Clearwire deliberately offered service to customers who would get bad service so that it could gain revenue from early termination fees. Clearwire allegedly did this to boost its subscribers numbers and raise money:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/lawsuit-alleges-clearwire-rigged-pre-wimax-markets-get-etf-revenue/2011-04-01
I remember strongly disagreeing with IDC's prediction that WIndows Phone would pass Apple and RIM to get 20.9% of the smartphone market by 2015 when that prediction came out yesterday. ABI released a report today that says that Windows Phone 7 would have to have "incredible success" with Nokia to get more than 7% of the market by 2016:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/abi-idc-wrangle-over-future-windows-phone/2011-04-01
http://www.google.com/mail/help/motion.html#utm_source=en-et-na-us
FCC Commissioner says that he has strong doubts about AT&T's proposal to buy T-Mobile, saying that they will have "a steeper climb" than the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal...and he voted against allowing that merger. He expressed concern about how the new AT&T and Verizon will control 80% of the market if AT&T buys T-Mobile:
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/153019-sdfsf
Politico has extensive excerpts of the FCC Commissioner's interview, including the concerns he expressed about how the AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition could negatively affect other things at the FCC:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52315.html
The IEEE approved the next WiMAX standard--IEEE 802.16m is the next step after 802.16e and is supposed to be able to reach downlink speeds over 300 Mbps:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215414/IEEE_approves_next_WiMax_standard
Time Warner Cable is apparently testing a smartphone that works over both Clearwire's WiMAX network and Sprint's CDMA network. This would put Time Warner Cable in direct competition with AT&T and Verizon...but I'm not sure how this will differ from what Sprint is doing (though Time Warner can offer a bundle deal):
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/time-warner-cable-said-be-testing-wimax-smartphone/2011-03-31
Lawsuit alleges that Clearwire deliberately offered service to customers who would get bad service so that it could gain revenue from early termination fees. Clearwire allegedly did this to boost its subscribers numbers and raise money:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/lawsuit-alleges-clearwire-rigged-pre-wimax-markets-get-etf-revenue/2011-04-01
I remember strongly disagreeing with IDC's prediction that WIndows Phone would pass Apple and RIM to get 20.9% of the smartphone market by 2015 when that prediction came out yesterday. ABI released a report today that says that Windows Phone 7 would have to have "incredible success" with Nokia to get more than 7% of the market by 2016:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/abi-idc-wrangle-over-future-windows-phone/2011-04-01