LightSquared has reportedly garnered a six-week extension from Sprint Nextel to gain approval for use of its 1.6 GHz spectrum assets from the Federal Communications Commission that are currently tied up in interference issues with the GPS community.
The six-week reprieve follows a month-long extension...
The enthusiastic acceptance of Apple’s Siri, with its combination of speech recognition and natural language understanding, has demonstrated the practicality and attractiveness of a voice-enabled personal assistant user interface.
LightSquared continues to cry foul in its ongoing attempt to secure governmental approval to use its 1.6 GHz spectrum assets to launch a mobile telecommunications service.
Throwing together a last-minute media call yesterday, LightSquared claims that a recent test of GPS devices by the Air...
Following contentious leaks of the results earlier this week, a government technical group released a report showing continued interference issues between general purpose GPS receivers, flight safety systems and LightSquared’s planned use of 1.6 GHz spectrum.
“Preliminary analysis of the test findings found no significant...
Leaked accounts that the latest round of interference testing to see whether LightSquared’s attempt to launch an LTE network would interfere with commercial GPS communications garnered a strong reaction from LightSquared, though that reaction did not refute claims that interference still exists.
Reports indicated that...
The company that is spending billions to build a business invisible to consumers wants a consumer products heavyweight in its corner. LightSquared has chosen Japan's Sharp Corporation to make smartphones and tablets to operate on its 4G-LTE network. LighSquared says it wants to leverage...
LightSquared continues its march to being an eventual wholesale provider of mobile data services announcing a deal with Simplexity MVNO services to operate as a mobile virtual network enabler for potential MVNO partners. The deal calls for Simplexity to become a wholesale...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Out of sight, out of mind. That sums up the state of cell phone antennas, which most...
Dish Networks L.L.C. (DISH) appears to be the latest player looking to get in on the burgeoning mobile broadband space.According to published reports, Dish networks has filed for a waiver with the Federal Communications Commission to consolidate its spectrum assets with those of recently...
Bing, Microsoft's play in the search market, has been with us for just over two years now. Although the division continues to lose money, Microsoft's seemingly infinite marketing budget has seen their service steadily encroaching on arch-rival Google's territory.
Connectivity from CC864-DUAL M2M Module Provides Real-Time Monitoring of At-Risk Motorists and Enhances Public SafetyRaleigh, NC - August 10, 2011 - Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., an internationally leading specialist in machine-to-machine (M2M) technology, announced that its CC864-DUAL cellular M2M module will provide connectivity for...
Could Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) be readying a new infusion of cash into Clearwire Corp. (CLWR)?According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Sprint Nextel’s board of directors expects to make a “substantial” investment in Clearwire.Clearwire reported last week that it was looking...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The continuing drama surrounding LightSquared's attempts to launch its terrestrial/satellite network continues to unfold in the court of public opinion, and more importantly in the halls of the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is in the midst of trying to decide...
LightSquared added yet another regional wireless operator to its wholesale LTE plans, signing up Flat Wireless L.L.C.'s ClearTalk Wireless to a bilateral roaming agreement. Financial terms of the deal were not released.The deal will provide CDMA-based operator ClearTalk with a nationwide LTE footprint through...
After months of rumors, LightSquared’s plans to speed up its proposed network deployment seem to have found some solid ground as the company has announced a 15-year, “spectrum hosting and network sharing” agreement with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S)The deal calls for Sprint Nextel to...
BALTIMORE – LightSquared's plans to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband network using both satellite and terrestrial components has been a contentious issue since those plans were announced last summer. The plan was initially viewed by skeptics as being beyond both the financial and logistical...
T-Mobile USA announced the upcoming availability of the new HTC Wildfire S smartphone recently. The device is a compact Android-powered handset built with simplicity in mind and is expected to be available on August 3 for $79.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate with a two-year...
Looking to maintain its position with the public safety community, LightSquared said it plans to replace current devices at no cost and continue to support older devices through 2014. Those current services and devices were deployed during LightSquared's previous incarnation as SkyTerra.In addition to...
RCR Wireless News rounds up the week's latest news, including a report in the Shanghai Daily that says China Mobile will get the Apple Inc. iPhone sometime this fall. Meanwhile, China search engine giant Baidu reached a licensing agreement with three U.S. music companies...
We've all heard of the dangers of privacy invasion on the internet, but what about an invasion of our personal space from inside the home, from those very loved ones you think you can trust? A recent study from Retrevo – a large consumer electronics and shopping website – claims those closest to you are far more dangerous to your privacy than most outside hackers are.
CoPilot from ALK technologies has been a major player in Android (and other platforms) navigation for a while now.
ALK was the first firm to offer a paid-for navigation solution to Android users, as previously there had only been open source offerings, which had very...
BOULDER, Colo. – Recently installed Federal Communications Commission Wireless Bureau Chief Rick Kaplan ventured out west this week to participate in a question and answer session at a Silicon Flatirons event held on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus.Having acknowledged that he was still new...
LightSquared continued its push to alleviate GPS interference fears announcing the creation of its Empower Rural America initiative designed to provide a platform where the company will work with rural communities to reduce interference between LightSquared’s network and GPS systems. LightSquared said the initiative...
