Jul 10, 2017 | News
There are times when one has to believe that the entire FCC scheme for frequency allocation needs a re-do. The latest: read Monica Alleven’s article in FierceWireless re the 2.5 GHz space. This article was partly the outgrowth of a question to a T-Mobile...
Apr 12, 2017 | News
AT&T, per an article in the Dallas Business Journal, named Kay Kaypoor president of AT&T’s new Global Public Sector organization, which now includes the FirstNet build out. I didn’t expect to read the nitty-gritty details about how they plan to monetize...
Apr 10, 2017 | News
Fiercewireless reports today that AT&T is acquiring Straight Path in a move to secure more spectrum in the millimeter frequency band. The article suggests this is an all stock deal where Straight Path shareholders will receive $1.25 billion ($95.63 per share) to...
Mar 23, 2017 | News
It looks like the Rivada Mercury lawsuit has been tossed out and FirstNet is poised to finally award its $6.5 billion network contract to a commercial provider (looks to be AT&T). Yesterday RCR Wireless had an excellent Webinar that provided an update on...
Mar 15, 2017 | News
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, in a speech at Carnegie Mellon, signaled his interest in helping drive innovation in the never-ending quest for more spectrum by implementing “Section 7” of the Communications Act. For those not familiar with that, read the...
Mar 8, 2017 | News
My apologies to radio engineers, IEEE members and others of a sufficiently technical bent who might be offended by the primer about to follow. Wireless equipment (smartphones, over-the-air TVs, WiFi access points, GPS, RFID etc) owe their existence to the good old...
