Verizon Takes a Step Forward
PC Magazine broke a very interesting piece of news Saturday about a new system Verizon has developed for their wireless network. Briefly put, this system presents an API that allows…
Spectrum Deficit Disorder
The discussion about the wireless spectrum crunch can be hard for the average citizen to follow. While it’s easy to understand the straightforward fact that every network has a capacity…
Landmark Cellphone Safety Study
A group of researchers at the Danish Cancer Society’s Institute of Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen and at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon have concluded the first…
iOS 5 Upgrade: Error 3200
If you’re unable to upgrade your iOS device to release 5 today with an “Internal Error” or “Unknown Error 3200” on restore it’s not personal and your device isn’t broke….
Why Apple Doesn’t Support LTE Yet (and why it doesn’t matter)
I was going to post this yesterday, but analyzing Apple products on the day of Steve Jobs’ passing would have been silly. As the ITIF tribute said, Jobs is an…
Gen. Shelton in the News Again on GPS/LightSquared
In March, this blog introduced readers to Gen. William L. Shelton, commander of U.S. Air Force Space Command. Like FAA, Gen. Shelton apparently doesn’t think the current 3 agency troika…
Filling the Spectrum Pipeline
In my last post I looked at how the U.S. is behind some other countries in having new mobile broadband spectrum in the pipeline, according to a tally prepared by…
ITIF Statement in Support of “America’s Broadband Connectivity” Plan
[Ed: Here’s the press release we issued at ITIF today on the ABC Plan for phasing out telephony subsidies and bulking up the stimulus program for rural broadband. All telecom…