Hedgehogging: hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.

If Google does manage to exit the 700 MHz spectrum auction with a substantial chunk of airwaves, it will be interesting to see what it plans to do with it. Most observers said they would be surprised if Google were to win spectrum; most feel the company has little experience or desire to operate its own wireless network. Google could partner with one or more infrastructure providers, which have been urging wireless carriers to offload the business of running networks and instead focus on marketing services and serving customers.
How awesome would it be to learn that Google did indeed win the nationwide C-Block license, and that it has been working behind the scenes with Ericsson, Nokia Siemens, Alcatel-Lucent and Nortel on plans to build out a true next-generation network surpassing the current 3G offerings?
Very awesome, that’s how awesome. (Well, at least for the journalists who get to cover it. What can we say, we like competition and nothing like a newcomer to provoke a little not-so-friendly rivalry.)
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News that Motorola is even considering a breakup of the various pieces of its business has some of us staffers a bit disturbed. (No doubt the Galvin family is a bit shaken by the news too.) Regardless of what actually happens, Motorola’s contributions to wireless communications are enormous:. To break up the company seems, let’s face it, just sad. A lot of people in this industry have gone to the University of Motorola and have the bat wings to prove it.
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Garmin announced a new navigation gadget that includes 3G cellular features and an iPhone-like design. We’re desperately trying to be upbeat on the news – another market entrant can only indicate a healthy market – but the track record for previous upstart cellphone companies casts a definite pall over Garmin’s ambitions Sendo, Sierra Wireless, Tiger Telematics, NeoPoint . and the list goes on. But hey, it looks like the iPhone, so it must be great. Right?
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Nokia Siemens recently announced a partnership with WWF. At first we were very, very excited about this news, until we discovered the WWF is actually a global conservation organization and has nothing to do with the Macho Man.