Headlines, Wireless Telecommunications

The wireless broadband indicator will assist in informing policy makers and other stakeholders in this increasingly important market segment.

As Mexico prepares for a wireless spectrum land rush, Grupo Televisa SAB agreed in mid-February to pay $1.44 billion for a 30% stake in the local subsidiary of mobile group NII Holdings Inc.

Clearwire frequently brags about how much spectrum it has at its disposal, and how easy it will be to deliver a ton of video and other high-bandwidth services over mobile networks. It's a luxurious position to be in and something that has only become top of mind for consumers recently as they experience dropped calls or sluggish 3G Internet speeds. But it appears that AT&T and Verizon have been formulating their response to this.

With a stroke of a pen, the Federal Communications Commission could connect millions of minorities and poor Americans to broadband. For several years, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition has supported a proposal that the FCC should auction the AWS-3 spectrum band and require that the winner provide a free tier of broadband service nationwide.

Fine-grained network controls that are coming with next-generation mobile technology could make some demanding mobile applications such as video perform better but may also raise Network Neutrality concerns.

There will be more mobile Internet users in China than the entire population of the US by the end of this year.

The Open Mobile Video Coalition today released a white paper prepared by IDC called "Assessing the Mobile DTV Opportunity and Its Role in the United States' Communication Ecosystem."

Reacting to the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan and its call for transferring a big hunk of TV broadcasting spectrum to wireless broadband, proponents of broadcasting's nascent mobile DTV service said that the service is better than broadband for delivery of mobile video and that the government should not choke off the spectrum needed for it.

The surprise HTC expressed earlier this month at being sued by Apple has finally turned into something a bit more substantial: "strong disagreement."

Figuring out how to put cellphones into the hands of students -- complete with data plans and security features -- is often seen as the most daunting step for districts eager to tap the potential learning benefits of mobile technologies. But once those logistics are conquered, another big question looms: How can educators find or develop meaningful, standards-based lessons that fit the visual and data constraints of a small-screen device?