Clearwire Preps NY & SF Markets
The company ended last year with around 30 million potential customers covered. This year, CTO John Saw tells Unstrung that the company will go after massive new markets like New York and the Bay Area in an "aggressive" push to reach these big numbers.
From Unstrung, January 11, 2010
Reflections on ‘Sustainable Adoption’ for Round 2 of Broadband Stimulus
Last July when the Round 1 of Broadband Technologies Opportunity Program was announced, Don Samuelson suggested that public housing authorities across the country ought to be applying to BTOP for financial assistance to promote the use of the Internet by their senior residents:
From Broadband Breakfast, January 11, 2010
NTIA and RUS Launch Dating Service For Broadband Stimulus Applicants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Service on Thursday launched a new web site designed to foster partnerships and collaborations among broadband stimulus applicants.
From Broadband Breakfast, January 11, 2010
Wireless Washtenaw: What happened?
Wireless Washtenaw, an ambitious initiative conceived six years ago to provide high-speed Internet access to the entire county, is on life support.
From AnnArbor.com, January 10, 2010
Clearwire to Launch First Metropolitan 4G Network in Spain
Clearwire says it is expanding its WiMAX network in Malaga, Spain. The mobile 4G service, called Instanet, will cover the city's entire metropolitan area and nearly 600,000 people.
From Wireless Week, January 08, 2010
FCC Delays National Broadband Plan
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski today notified Congress that the National Broadband Plan will be delivered about a month late
From Light Reading, January 07, 2010
Minneapolis' $20 million Wi-Fi completed
US Internet hopes to have 30,000 individual customers in three years, as well as growing city use.
From Star Tribune, January 06, 2010
Justice Department Calls for Airwaves for Wireless
The U.S. should free “underutilized” airwaves for use by wireless companies such as Clearwire Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. to increase competition for high-speed Internet services, antitrust regulators said.
From Bloomberg, January 04, 2010
American Library Association sends letter to NTIA asking for additional broadband funding for public computer centers
The groups assert that greater funding for the PCC program will allow public libraries and community colleges to expand their computer and Internet access capabilities for the general public, which is critically important in these times of economic distress.
From Fiece Wireless, January 04, 2010
Year-end Review: Economic Recovery Through Municipal Wireless Networks
The year 2009 started with municipal wireless left for dead by mainstream media, and it ended with billions in stimulus grant monies supporting the expansion of broadband throughout the world.
From MuniWireless, January 01, 2010
