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Google-Verizon CoOpoly Galvanize Net Neutrality

By | August 19, 2010 | Raw Economics

If the intention of the Google-Verizon CoOpoly proposal was to provide a compromising way forward on Internet broadband policy, they may have gotten more than they bargained for as the Net Neutrality forces achieve a laser like focus. and turn their bright focus upon them. Verizon is no stranger to controversy, it strides confident across […]

Broadband and Health: Bound by TeleMedicine

By | August 14, 2010 | Raw Economics

On August 14 I had the opportunity to sit in a small room with a handful of local journalists and staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital, also present, was the chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski. We were gathered to see a demonstration of the hospital’s telemedicine network that serves a number of hospitals and rural clinics throughout […]

Partitioning the Internet: Google and Verizon Hold Forth

By | August 9, 2010 | Mobile Nature, Raw Economics

Despite numerous rumors and repeated questions, Google and Verizon denied they were in any kind of discussions. When specificaly asked if they were engaged in conversations about the prioritization of Internet traffic, they continued to deny any such talks had taken place. Today, Google and Verizon issued a joint statement that they have not only been […]

Nokia Siemens Networks Lands LightSquared Deal

By | August 8, 2010 | Raw Economics, Visible Future

In one of the largest telecom gambles in United States history, LightSquared, backed by New York hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, has put pen to paper and contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to build their wireless broadband network. I first wrote of the LightSquared plan about two weeks ago in, “New Broadband Service Coming to United States, […]

DTH Satellite Television Surges Over Telecom & Cable

By | July 26, 2010 | Raw Economics, Visible Future

While the news media preoccupies itself with the battle of titans, telecoms versus cablecoms for pay-TV market share, satellite delivered direct-to-home service has been quietly and steadily gaining on them both. According to TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate, the DTH pay-TV sector now claims 150 million subscribers with a growth of 13% to 15% per year. This growth trend continues […]

New Broadband Service Coming to United States, LightSquared

By | July 22, 2010 | Raw Economics, Visible Future

With a $7 billion investment, from hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners, LightSquared has announced plans to build a coast-to-coast, wireless broadband network. A wholesale only service, based on a mix of terrestrial and satellite networks. They plan to have the system launched by late 2011 and cover 92% of the US by 2015. In a telecom era […]

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