Comments on: EchoStar, DirecTV Need AWS? http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/ Sat, 25 May 2013 04:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jacomo http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121449 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:00:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121449 WiMAX use of the spectrum:
Aren’t we also dealing with the fact that WiMAX is Simplex (TDD) vs FDD of this AWS spectrum??
How difficult would this be to change??

]]> By: vijay http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121448 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:47:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121448 Om, as Victor pointed out, the forum just needs to approve a particular profile based on the frequency and it’d be wimax. There are two things at work here: 1) the antenna and the RF dependent parts and 2) the electronics, decoders, encoders etc. You can use most of the same electronics and logic for #2. This is similar to quad band GSM phones. The radio specific antenna tunings are the only things that change (leaving aside things like power limits for various bands), the back end software and logic is common.

]]> By: Victor Blake http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121447 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:50:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121447 It can be compatible if a new profile were approved by the WiMax forum. It’s even likely given that many of the radios being built are soft radios — and therefore only new antennas would be required. Beyond the need in the US it is my understand (as heard from other folks who know more than me) that some of this same spectrum is being eyed for use in Canada and in India. If so in the US as well — that may well be enough to bring forth a profile in the forum.

]]> By: Petabro http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121446 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:41:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121446 When does Echo or Dish get acquired by either VZ or T?

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121445 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:35:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121445 so this would need different type of gear than what other companies are trying to use, or will this can use the same gear. that is the other issue many people are talking about. any clarifications would be more than welcome.

]]> By: vijay http://gigaom.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121444 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:25:51 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/aws-echostar-directv/#comment-121444 Spectrum is hardly incompatible with mobile wimax. The frequency bands don’t care what modulation/air interface is being used. Given enough money, there will be plenty of people who will bring up mobile wimax on whatever spectrum you want them to build radios for.

It might not be interoperable with the other wimax networks, eg, roaming might be tough till multiband wimax radios come on out, but thats it.

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