Comments on: Cue the "Mission Impossible" Theme for Harbinger's LTE Plans

By: TerreStar Genus: A Satellite Phone You Can’t Afford to Love: Tech News «

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:35:50 +0000

[...] Tweet AT&T today introduced the TerreStar Genus, a relatively thin cellular smartphone that can use a satellite network for backup voice and data communications. The $799 handset is targeted at users that must have connectivity everywhere, such as government employees, disaster recovery and maritime workers. But it also is a tangible clue as to why LightSquared’s planned wholesale LTE network will be such a hard slog. [...]

By: Nokia Siemens Networks Wins $7B Contract to Build Harbinger’s LTE Network

Nokia Siemens Networks Wins $7B Contract to Build Harbinger’s LTE Network — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:46:15 +0000

[...] Capital Partners took a majority stake in LightSquared back in March. At that time Harbinger laid out an ambitious proposal that uses the spectrum holdings of two satellite companies as a means to break into the U.S. [...]

By: Is Clearwire Prepping for a Spectrum Sale?

Is Clearwire Prepping for a Spectrum Sale? — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:32:00 +0000

[...] of FCC regulations tied to the spectrum, and while the FCC may remove some of them, unless they do Harbinger has a hard road to hoe and its spectrum is valued [...]

By: Report: Harbinger Hires Orange Exec To Run Proposed LTE Network

Report: Harbinger Hires Orange Exec To Run Proposed LTE Network — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:42:53 +0000

[...] components. SkyTerra, a Harbinger portfolio company, would provide the satellites, but Harbinger still needs a partner or billions of dollars to build out the terrestrial [...]

By: Digital Society » Blog Archive » More wireless connectivity? Or more politics?

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:36:28 +0000

[...] could pull it off, the FCC order notwithstanding. Too expensive, too technically demanding, they say, too much competition, with the existing carriers and the likes of ClearWire. But instead of [...]

By: Are Harbinger’s LTE Network Plans a Red Herring?

Are Harbinger’s LTE Network Plans a Red Herring? — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:21:16 +0000

[...] its bid for FCC approval to take over satellite company, SkyTerra. But I, and others, have remained skeptical that the network will ever come to [...]

By: Bret Swanson - Maximum Entropy » Blog Archive » More wireless connectivity? Or more politics?

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:22:06 +0000

By: AT&T Asks FCC To Change It’s Mind over Harbinger

AT&T Asks FCC To Change It’s Mind over Harbinger — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:52:56 +0000

[...] Cue the “Mission Impossible” Theme for Harbinger’s LTE Plans [...]

By: David Rusin

David Rusin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:26:28 +0000

Do not underestimate Harbinger ... they do not think or operate in lock-step like most lemmings. I would not bet against them.

There is more to harbinger than what is in print ....

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:01:06 +0000

Thanks, Alan. That's excellent perspective. I wonder how much easier they might have it if they only have to deal with LTE as opposed to LTE, HSPA, UMTS and whatever else a carrier with a 3G and 2G network to support has to handle. Of course, they will have the satellite component.