Telecom policymakers and special-interest groups are fond of talking about ubiquity, making sure communications -- wireless, wireline, Internet and video -- are within reach of all Americans. Indeed, there are government subsidy programs that address this very issue. Take the stressed universal service regime...
Alvin invasion via voicetonesWho wouldn't jump at the chance to sound like a Chipmunk without the aid of helium? 20th Century Fox is promoting its forthcoming "Alvin and The Chipmunks" movie with its "Munk Yourself" campaign. The interactive campaign allows users to create their...
Space Data Corp. landed a $49 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with a communication system that sends radio-equipped industrial balloons filled with hydrogen or helium to between 12 miles and 62 miles above sea level. Space Data claims the balloons float...
CHANDLER, Ariz.—Space Data Corp. landed a $49 million contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with its communication system that sends radio-equipped industrial balloons filled with hydrogen or helium to between 12 miles and 62 miles above sea level. Space Data claims the balloons...
WASHINGTON-With a $31.3 million offer, AC BidCo L.L.C., an affiliate of AirCell Inc., looks to be the winner of a 3-megahertz license to offer air-to-ground services in the 800 MHz band. Bidding continues between Space Data Spectrum Holdings L.L.C. and JetBlue's LiveTV L.L.C. for...
WASHINGTON—With a $31.3 million offer, AC BidCo L.L.C., an affiliate of AirCell Inc., looks to be the winner of a 3-megahertz license to offer air-to-ground services in the 800 MHz band. Bidding continues between Space Data Spectrum Holdings L.L.C. and JetBlue’s LiveTV L.L.C. for...
WASHINGTON—Bidding on a 3-megahertz license to offer air-to-ground services in the 800 MHz band appears to be over as AC BidCo L.L.C., an affiliate of AirCell Inc., looks to be the winner with a $31 million offer. Bidding is continuing between Space Data Spectrum...
JetBlue's LiveTV L.L.C. was the top bidder at $506,000 at the end of round 29 for a one-megahertz license to offer air-to-ground services in the 800 MHz band.LiveTV's bid corresponds with a high bid from Acadia Broadband L.P. at the end of round 30...
WASHINGTON—JetBlue’s LiveTV L.L.C. was the top bidder at $506,000 at the end of round 29 for a one-megahertz license to offer air-to-ground services in the 800 MHz band. LiveTV’s bid corresponds with a high bid from Acadia Broadband L.P. at the end of round...
WASHINGTON—AC BidCo L.L.C., an affiliate of AirCell Inc., is currently the top bidder at more than $13 million for a three-megahertz license to offer air-to-ground services in the 800 MHz band. AC BidCo’s bid at the end of round 16 corresponds with a high...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission was scheduled to restart the bidding in the government’s air-to-ground auction after action had been suspended at the end of round eight Thursday. At the end of round eight the high bidders were Unison Spectrum L.L.C. and Space Data Spectrum...
WASHINGTON-Unison Spectrum L.L.C. and Space Data Spectrum Holdings L.L.C. posted the highest bids at the end of round eight in the government's air-to-ground auction of in-flight broadband services spectrum. The Federal Communications Commission is auctioning four megahertz of spectrum in the 800 MHz band...
WASHINGTON-Three of the main champions to use air-to-ground spectrum in the 800 MHz band for in-flight broadband communications filed incomplete applications for the scheduled May 10 auction and must refile within the next week if they want to participate, according to the Federal Communications...
Floating towers soon may give some rural North Dakotans better wireless voice and data coverage. Next month, Chandler, Ariz.-based Space Data Corp. is set to trial its latex communications balloons with Extend America, a North Dakota fixed broadband provider and Sprint Nextel Corp. iDEN...
Balloons as communications tools? Of course, says Chandler, Ariz.-based Space Data Corp. In late August, the Arizona National Guard's 111th Space Operations Squadron and staff from developer Space Data demonstrated Combat SkySat, a balloon-borne communications system.The military was sufficiently impressed during the trials-Space Data...
WASHINGTON-Unless you are a technology company with a business plan calling for the use of wireless devices on airplanes, you are against the idea, according to comments filed last week with the Federal Communications Commission.The FCC in December proposed allowing cell-phone use in airplanes...
WASHINGTON-Airplanes soon could lose their distinction as being one of the few places where a person cannot be reached by a wireless device due to decisions last week to re-auction 800 MHz band air-to-ground spectrum and a proposal to allow cell-phone use in airplanes....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is abuzz these days with a new debate that seems to bring two familiar issues-competition and spectrum management-to the table at the same time. At issue: Can the FCC allow competition for wireless voice and broadband in the air-to-ground band...
CHANDLER, Ariz.-Space Data Corp. has expanded its SkySite balloon-borne wireless data network to cover a total of 600,000 square miles.The network, used primarily by oil and gas companies for monitoring and controlling well sites, now provides coverage in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana, and to...
HOUSTON-Space Data Corp., known for its balloon-based SkySite Network, announced it plans to extend its services to the Gulf of Mexico, enabling low- to medium-data-rate wireless communications for various offshore, near-shore and onshore applications."There are thousands of isolated structures and service vessels in the...
Sanswire Networks L.L.C. is not alone in targeting the sky as a new platform from which to base wireless communications. SkyTower Inc., owned by AeroVironment, plans to launch unmanned, solar-electric airplanes to provide wireless communications. SkyTower's aircraft, to be placed 60,000 feet in the...
Space Data Corp. announced it scored 262.5 kilohertz of nationwide spectrum in the recent Federal Communications Commission 900 MHz band spectrum auction, which the company said it would use to continue its rollout of its weather balloon-based wireless data telemetry services."This is extraordinarily valuable...
DENVER, United States-The solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus, operating at 65,000 feet over Hawaii, has successfully completed commercial tests of third-generation (3G) wireless video telephony, wireless Internet surfing via laptop computer modem and high-definition television (HDTV) broadcast. The three weeks of tests, which ended 21 July, involved...
PHOENIX, United States—After years of quiet work, Space Data finally officially announced its plan to operate as a carrier's carrier by using weather balloons to offer wireless services to vast rural areas.The company said its service will allow wireless paging and cellular carriers to...
