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Video: Spectrum ZX game montage

From Neil Young's keynote at iPhoneDevCamp. Young says that anyone can make a game these days, but it was a very complex feat in the 1980s, back when he was just starting out. by Andrew Mager

Tags: video, spectrum, games, corporate communications, personal technology, marketing, andrew mager

Blog posts 2008-08-03

Closed spectrum means closed source

Closed spectrum means closed sourceYawn... where's the anti-MS rant that zealots loved to feast on.Oh, well.Do you want to.......get on a plane when air traffic control doesn't have exclusive use of its frequencies (voice, radar, Nav aids)?...watch television when you have a crummy picture or no picture because the TV...

Tags: aerospace & defense, tvs, spectrum mean

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Stop the spectrum auction madness

Before one more colleague speculates on rules for spectrum auctions, can I make one suggestion? Stop. Over the last several years we've had auction-after-auction, all ostensibly designed to provide competition to the Wireless Trust. Has it? No, it hasn't. The Trust...

Tags: hardware, spectrum, auction, government, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Latest spectrum auction could mean national wireless network

The FCC is set to vote on rules for a new spectrum auction that would require the winner to deliver wireless Internet across wide swaths of America, AP reports. "We're hoping there will be increased interest in the proposal and for the fact that this will...

Tags: fcc, network, spectrum, auction, wireless network, federal government, wi-fi, wireless, government, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-05-29

The power of open spectrum

The power of open spectrumgreat ideea but...even the open spectrum needs some regulation, because otherwise it will be abused by some using high powered devices over a wide spectrum.Ideally a new protocol that would allow devices to play nice in this spectrum is needed.Here's a philosophical question for you:[i]As I...

Tags: blogging, google inc., spectrum

Discussion threads 2008-05-23

The power of open spectrum

The power of open source isn't moral or ethical. It's practical. Open source delivers better value to consumers of software, and thus to all of us. It creates economic arrangements which not only lead to profit, but to greater use of the resource. Open...

Tags: spectrum, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-05-23

Google's Page pitches for white spaces in DC

Google's Larry Page is in Washington, talking up white spaces to Congress – and speaking out against lobbyists, as well. Page met with key lawmakers including House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) and policy makers at the Federal Communications Commission, the Post reports. ...

Tags: google inc., larry page, spectrum, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Cyren Call denies it demanded D block payment

Cyren Call – the corporation formed to advise the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. -- angrily denied accusations that it or PSST demanded spectrum lease payments. Voices in some quarters have been saying that the alleged demands doomed the efforts of Frontline Wireless to compete for the D block and...

Tags: payment, spectrum, psst, operational accounting, finance, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Gag lifted, Verizon, AT&T, Google open up on FCC 700 Mhz auction

The Federal Communications Commission has lifted its gag order on the winners of the 700 Mhz auction and those telecom giants have been a chatty bunch. And all of them are talking about advanced wireless broadband service. A brief recap Techmeme: AT&T reckons that...

Tags: fcc, google inc., verizon communications inc., at&t corp., spectrum, auction, wireless broadband, broadband internet, wireless, telecommunications, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Google faces uphill fight for unlicensed white space plan

The plans by Google and others to open up the old white space between TV channels for unlicensed use is wonderful, but it faces an uphill battle. The reason is the fight Google walked away from, the 700 MHz auction Verizon won with a bid of $9.63...

Tags: google inc., verizon communications inc., spectrum, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Google makes pitch for unlicensed white space spectrum

Google makes pitch for unlicensed white space spectrumwhat speds are we talking?Seems like a good idea.... but they couldnt do anything till 2009

Tags: google makes, google inc.

Discussion threads 2008-03-24

Google pushing for TV white spaces to deliver nationwide Internet

Google is pushing the FCC for approval of white spaces -- the unused part of the television spectrum -- to provide wireless Internet across the U.S. Richard Whitt, the company's telecom and media lawyer, authored an ex part filing with the FCC arguing: As Google...

Tags: fcc, google inc., spectrum, internet, federal government, tvs, wi-fi, wireless, government, personal technology, home entertainment, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Google makes pitch for unlicensed white space spectrum

Google didn't come away with any pricey spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission's 700 Mhz auction, but that doesn't mean the search giant isn't cooking up big ideas. Google has pitched the FCC on plans to utilize the unlicensed "white space" spectrum that will be left behind by TV broadcasters....

Tags: fcc, google inc., device, spectrum, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-24

How open will Verizon make its new spectrum?

How open will Verizon make its new spectrum?FISA Co-conspirators give you hope?"Personally, I want to believe that this auction will result in widespread, inexpensive wireless access everywhere. So I will until we see otherwise."WiMax in the 700mhz region would have eliminated Verizon and AT&T stranglehold on "the last mile." ...

Tags: wi-fi, wireless, verizon communications inc., wimax, spectrum, at&t corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

How open will Verizon make its new spectrum?

So now that Verizon has officially won the precious C-block 700MHz spectrum, the question is, what happens now? Will they deliver a reasonably open network with this incredible new spectrum? At Public Knowledge, naturally, they're dubious. Susan Crawford, a visiting law prof at the U. of Mich.,...

Tags: network, verizon communications inc., spectrum, business structures, networking, finance, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-03-21

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?time to open your wallet and pay respectsince the spectrum is sold, you have to bow and pay the usage fee to the MAN.RE: FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?[i]Google didn't win any licenses.[/i]ROTFLMAO!! I...

Tags: federal government, broadband internet, network technology, telecommunications, mhz auction winner, now-what, verizon communications inc., mhz auction, verizon wireless, spectrum, fcc, usage fee, internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?

Updated: Verizon Wireless was the biggest winner in the Federal Communication Commission's 700 Mhz auction. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin revealed Verizon Wireless as the biggest winner of spectrum. Martin made the comments at a press conference at FCC headquarters. Here's Martin's statement (also see...

Tags: fcc, at&t corp., verizon wireless, spectrum, auction, federal government, wi-fi, wireless, government, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-03-20

Gates, Mundie make a pitch for white space

Bill Gates went to Washington this week, testifying before Congress the other day to advocate for more high-tech visas and promoting white-space spectrum. Speaking at a DC-area high-tech forum, he called on the government to approve white spaces, Dow Jones reports. "We're hopeful [white...

Tags: spectrum, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-03-13

A Qwest for survival

A Qwest for survivalThis guy sounds like an idiotI don't know but he seems extremely naive. He thinks he can rely on everyone else for everything and he wants to be make next generation services yet doesn't want to make the full investment into fiberwire. He rely's on directv but...

Tags: wireless, spectrum, qwest communications inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-27

If we had more open spectrum would hospitals need wires?

One of the general themes of this HIMSS show is the growth of WiFi. Trapeze Networks was doing big businesss with its WiFi management systems. Since radio waves propagate in a circle but most rooms are square, hospitals need to assure service everywhere and like to bring...

Tags: trapeze networks, hospital, vocera communications, management, spectrum, wireless lans, wi-fi, healthcare, wireless, dana blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-27