Jan 28, 2011,
MD&D News Staff
The FCC has adopted a Third Report and Order and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to advance communications interoperability for U.S. first responders...
Jan 10, 2011,
By Louis E. Frenzel
Predictions for the new year are the norm for January. Most of them are preordained anyway, so I won’t duplicate the effort...
Dec 22, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
AT&T will purchase spectrum licenses in the lower 700-MHz frequency band from Qualcomm for $1.925 billion. The spectrum covers more than 300 million users nationwide...
Dec 6, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
Verizon Wireless has launched the world’s first large-scale 4G LTE network, reaching more than a third of all Americans with speeds up to 10 times faster than the company’s 3G network...
Nov 24, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
Moray Rumney, a lead technologist at Agilent Technologies specializing in LTE, has won the Informa LTE North America 2010 award for individual contribution to LTE development...
Nov 8, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
The Marvell Avastar 88W8787 has achieved Wi-Fi Direct certification from the Wi-Fi Alliance. It’s the first dual-band 802.11n radio certified for low-power embedded mobile applications...
Oct 27, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
The WiMAX Forum now recognizes the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approval of WirelessMAN-Advanced technology within IEEE 802.16m as an IMT-Advanced technology...
Sep 23, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
MetroPCS Communications has become the first mobile operator to launch commercial 4G LTE services in the U.S. The company will be delivering talk, text, and 4G Web access with service initially available in Las Vegas...
Aug 5, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
Clearwire will conduct 4G LTE technology trials that may yield real-world download speeds ranging from 20 to 70 Mbits. It also will test multiple coexistence scenarios between LTE and WiMAX radio technologies...
Jul 26, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
China’s ZTE will begin the planned deployment of the world’s first 1800/2600-MHz dual-band LTE network for Hong Kong’s CSL. ...
Jul 9, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
With an eye on the segment’s growth potential, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has announced its open Machine to Machine (M2M) Communications workshop, which will be held Oct. 19-20 at the Angora in Sophia, Antipolis, France...
Jul 7, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
The Bluetooth SIG has formally adopted Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0, which was designed to support low-energy technology. As a result, the Bluetooth SIG Qualification Program is now open for qualification of all Bluetooth product types to the Version 4.0 Specification...
Jun 29, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
President Obama has announced a four-point plan to release 500 MHz of spectrum for commercial and federal uses over the next 10 years in order to alleviate the oncoming data explosion as well as to stimulate innovation and the economy...
Jun 21, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
The Federal Communications Commission Spectrum Task Force has announced a plan to increase value, utilization, and investment in mobile satellite service (MSS) bands. The plan will kick off with a commission proceeding in July...
Jun 17, 2010,
MD&D News Staff
The WiMAX Forum has announced a proposal for enhancements to the IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard for submission into the next WiMAX Forum certification release...