Comments on: Satellite Player Skyterra Ready to Try Again

By: PE Firm Plans Open LTE Network to Challenge AT&T and Verizon

PE Firm Plans Open LTE Network to Challenge AT&T and Verizon — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:55:48 +0000

[...] Harbinger’s plans to build out a mobile broadband network stretch all the way back to a 2003 order allowing satellite companies owning spectrum in the L and S bands to build out terrestrial networks in conjunction with their satellite networks. The idea was to offer an alternative to the cellular carriers, but the stringent satellite requirement (that the cell companies lobbied hard for) has proved tough. It’s expensive to launch and build satellites (plus build out a terrestrial network), and any phones working on such a system are pretty clunky. Another strike is unless the satellite companies found a willing terrestrial partner, the initial satellite mobile broadband speeds were too slow. [...]

By: Gumby

Gumby — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:33:59 +0000

Why cannot we use jetliners as flying towers to bounce off our wireless calls to ground towers or other jetliners as well. Airlines can use some extra income… every square inch of our territory would be covered by hundreds if not thousands of jetliners in the flight at any given time.. I always see a jet everywhere I go be in a desert or a mountain range. whatever.. A jet or two is always up there…

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:04:31 +0000

@Coleman

thanks for the heads up. fixed it now.

By: Coleman Foley

Coleman Foley — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:26:26 +0000

Your link to elektrobit is broken–it goes to “http://http//www.elektrobit.com/”. good article, though

By: Eideard

Eideard — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:48:42 +0000

If they succeed in jumping into bed with Inmarsat, I’d think they’d have a ready-made marine market around the world.

Every compulsive self-important business cog – on a cruise ship vacation – will be an automatic target.