5:52 PM
The DFW Airport is proposing to provide a 700 MHz public-safety LTE network, which would be a HUGE project since DFW Airport is larger than the island of Manhattan. The nice thing is that 100% of the public-safety LTE network would be funded by the airport so they do not need any federal grant money:
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/commentary/dfw-airport-lte-impact-20120112/
Ford is demonstrating at CES how their Ford Sync integrates with Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry devices, allowing a driver to control smartphone/tablet apps on the device with a combination of voice commands, steering wheel controls, and the center stack and touchscreen:
http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-shows-updated-sync-vehicle-android-integration
Article about how the Apple CEO's $378 mil is the highest salary in US history, more than twice as big as the previous record given to the CEO of McKesson (health care company) in 2010. It is interesting to note that Cook's $378 mil is not tied to any performance standards, he'll get the stock and money as long as he stays at Apple no matter how badly things may go in the future:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/tim-cooks-crazy-payday-shows-whats-wrong-in-business-183895
HP's PC sales were down 26% in the US and 16% globally in Q4 2011 compared to Q4 2010--HP is still #1 in the world and the US but the gap is closing between HP and its competitors. US sales of Macs were up 21% in Q4 2011 from the previous year, moving Apple from the #5 PC market share spot to #3 (they passed Toshiba and Acer). One of the factors for increased Mac sales is the popularity of the iPad:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/desktop-computers/give-ipad-some-credit-apples-brisk-mac-sales-183931
LG announced a number of smart appliances at CEO, including a refrigerator that helps you diet and keeps track of your groceries, to a robot vacuum that is controlled via smartphone. They also have an ultra-fast, eco-friendly washing machine that fits more clothes than before:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1201&RELTYPE=CES&PRODCODE=000000&PRODLETT=FR.html
The company that owns Energizer has used its battery expertise to create a cellphone that can maintain its charge for up to *15 years on a single AA battery*. It seems like an ideal solution to throw into the trunk of a car to forget about until there is some emergency where you need assistance. The phone costs just $50:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/spareone-cellphone-claims-15-year-battery-life-we-go-hands-on/
Verizon has made 4G LTE "a hard requirement" for smartphones, tablets, wireless hot spots, and Netbooks--that means that almost everything that Verizon offers will come with LTE. That is one reason why there aren't many Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices on Verizon's upcoming device list...and seems to indicate that the next iPhone will have LTE since Verizon wouldn't want to exclude the iPhone and Apple wouldn't want to lose those sales. Only rare exceptions, such as push-to-talk devices, will be allowed to be released with just 3G included:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33370_1-57357241/verizon-all-our-smartphones-will-be-4g-lte/
T-Mobile has $3 bil in cash and $3 bil in spectrum from AT&T and is now looking to figure out what its 4G road map will be. T-Mobile's CTO says that they could deploy HSPA+ 84 to upgrade the speed of their network, but the problem will be that device manufacturers are focusing on LTE and Qualcomm won't produce HSPA+ 85 chipsets until 2Q 2013. T-Mobile says that they may look at using its 1.9 GHz spectrum for LTE:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/ceslive/story/t-mobile-likely-deploy-hspa-84-not-ruling-out-lte/2012-01-11
Credit-default swaps on Dish Network debt jumped on speculation that Dish Network may be considering buying T-Mobile. I would think that a partnership would make more sense, especially since Dish has 20 MHz of nationwide 700 MHz LTE spectrum (more than AT&T and LightSquared). SNL Kagan said yesterday that Dish and Google submitted bids to buy T-Mobile (I think they are referring to how AT&T outbid them for T-Mobile, I don't think they submitted bids yesterday to buy T-Mobile):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/11/bloomberg_articlesLXNB2A0D9L35.DTL#ixzz1jFwXoGUq
LG is paying a licensing fee for all of their devices that run Android or Chrome, which means that Microsoft is being paid a fee for more than 70% of Android smartphones sold...it appears that only Motorola has avoided paying Microsoft a license so far. Motorola's patent portfolio is one big reason that Google wants to buy them and appears to have held off Microsoft so far:
http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-latest-android-manufacturer-enter-licensing-deal-microsoft
WiMAX subscribers in Taiwan increased 85% between June and November, reaching 131,000 subscribers in November. One of the 6 WiMAX operators in Taiwan is targeting 250,000 WiMAX subscribers on their network alone by the 2nd half of this year:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120109PD222.html
http://urgentcomm.com/networks_and_systems/commentary/dfw-airport-lte-impact-20120112/
Ford is demonstrating at CES how their Ford Sync integrates with Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry devices, allowing a driver to control smartphone/tablet apps on the device with a combination of voice commands, steering wheel controls, and the center stack and touchscreen:
http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-shows-updated-sync-vehicle-android-integration
Article about how the Apple CEO's $378 mil is the highest salary in US history, more than twice as big as the previous record given to the CEO of McKesson (health care company) in 2010. It is interesting to note that Cook's $378 mil is not tied to any performance standards, he'll get the stock and money as long as he stays at Apple no matter how badly things may go in the future:
http://www.infoworld.com/d/the-industry-standard/tim-cooks-crazy-payday-shows-whats-wrong-in-business-183895
HP's PC sales were down 26% in the US and 16% globally in Q4 2011 compared to Q4 2010--HP is still #1 in the world and the US but the gap is closing between HP and its competitors. US sales of Macs were up 21% in Q4 2011 from the previous year, moving Apple from the #5 PC market share spot to #3 (they passed Toshiba and Acer). One of the factors for increased Mac sales is the popularity of the iPad:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/desktop-computers/give-ipad-some-credit-apples-brisk-mac-sales-183931
LG announced a number of smart appliances at CEO, including a refrigerator that helps you diet and keeps track of your groceries, to a robot vacuum that is controlled via smartphone. They also have an ultra-fast, eco-friendly washing machine that fits more clothes than before:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=055&ACCT=0000100&ISSUE=1201&RELTYPE=CES&PRODCODE=000000&PRODLETT=FR.html
The company that owns Energizer has used its battery expertise to create a cellphone that can maintain its charge for up to *15 years on a single AA battery*. It seems like an ideal solution to throw into the trunk of a car to forget about until there is some emergency where you need assistance. The phone costs just $50:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/12/spareone-cellphone-claims-15-year-battery-life-we-go-hands-on/
Verizon has made 4G LTE "a hard requirement" for smartphones, tablets, wireless hot spots, and Netbooks--that means that almost everything that Verizon offers will come with LTE. That is one reason why there aren't many Windows Phone and BlackBerry devices on Verizon's upcoming device list...and seems to indicate that the next iPhone will have LTE since Verizon wouldn't want to exclude the iPhone and Apple wouldn't want to lose those sales. Only rare exceptions, such as push-to-talk devices, will be allowed to be released with just 3G included:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33370_1-57357241/verizon-all-our-smartphones-will-be-4g-lte/
T-Mobile has $3 bil in cash and $3 bil in spectrum from AT&T and is now looking to figure out what its 4G road map will be. T-Mobile's CTO says that they could deploy HSPA+ 84 to upgrade the speed of their network, but the problem will be that device manufacturers are focusing on LTE and Qualcomm won't produce HSPA+ 85 chipsets until 2Q 2013. T-Mobile says that they may look at using its 1.9 GHz spectrum for LTE:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/ceslive/story/t-mobile-likely-deploy-hspa-84-not-ruling-out-lte/2012-01-11
Credit-default swaps on Dish Network debt jumped on speculation that Dish Network may be considering buying T-Mobile. I would think that a partnership would make more sense, especially since Dish has 20 MHz of nationwide 700 MHz LTE spectrum (more than AT&T and LightSquared). SNL Kagan said yesterday that Dish and Google submitted bids to buy T-Mobile (I think they are referring to how AT&T outbid them for T-Mobile, I don't think they submitted bids yesterday to buy T-Mobile):
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/11/bloomberg_articlesLXNB2A0D9L35.DTL#ixzz1jFwXoGUq
LG is paying a licensing fee for all of their devices that run Android or Chrome, which means that Microsoft is being paid a fee for more than 70% of Android smartphones sold...it appears that only Motorola has avoided paying Microsoft a license so far. Motorola's patent portfolio is one big reason that Google wants to buy them and appears to have held off Microsoft so far:
http://www.androidcentral.com/lg-latest-android-manufacturer-enter-licensing-deal-microsoft
WiMAX subscribers in Taiwan increased 85% between June and November, reaching 131,000 subscribers in November. One of the 6 WiMAX operators in Taiwan is targeting 250,000 WiMAX subscribers on their network alone by the 2nd half of this year:
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20120109PD222.html