Mike Sievert, chief commercial officer at Clearwire, said the company’s mobile users (those on laptops and dongles outside the home) consume more than an average of 7GB per month of data. Slaking that thirst for mobile data, and doing it cheaply, is essential for Clearwire’s strategy. Read More »
Bio:Stacey Higginbotham is happy when immersed in SEC filings, tech specs or poking through a data center. She has spent the last ten years covering technology and finance for publications such as The Deal, the Austin Business Journal, The Bond Buyer and Business Week, and works remotely from Austin, Texas.
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Data center infrastructure
FCC
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Recent Posts
My inbox is littered with friend requests on Gowalla, a check-in service that I can use to show my location. But when I get these emails from strangers I have never met, talked to, tweeted with or emailed, I don’t really know what to do. Read More »
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- Smart Meters: Time for a Customer Service Reboot
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- Benchmarking Digital Delivery
- Paul Sweeting in Connected Consumer
Future media will be consumed on the go, said Rob Glaser, former CEO of RealNetworks, in a speech today. He also forecast that by 2013 the installed base of smart and superphones will exceed the installed base of PCs. Read More »
Big consumer issues such as the availability of internet apps on mobile devices and metered broadband are outside FCC authority said Kevin Martin, the former FCC chairman speaking today in Seattle. He also expressed doubt that adding spectrum alone would solve the mobile bandwidth crunch. Read More »
The FCC said today that the National Broadband Plan may ask for spectrum to build a free or low-cost wireless broadband network for poor people. But can the FCC find billions to build out a network or handle the inevitable debate over filtering content? Read More »
Since more than 30,000 are coming to Austin for SXSW next week, I figured I’d offer up a list of companies based here that any of the digerati should take the time to meet while in town. Here’s my top 10. Read More »
As much as Silicon Valley likes to avoid politics, its companies need to get down and dirty in Washington. In that spirit here are three notable policy items that could change online business — from the resignation of a Congressman to a challenge to FCC authority. Read More »
More Must Reads
Does the Cloud Need a Specialized Chip?
Tilera, one of many companies trying to build specialty chips or systems for cloud and web-scale computing, received a strategic investment today from Broadcom. But even as the investment validates Tilera, does the cloud need its own specialty chips and gear? Read More »
The Unreleased iPad Haunts SXSWi
Apple’s iPad will star at four panels at the upcoming South by Southwest Interactive festival next week even though it’s not out yet. But iPad excitement masks a bigger theme for this year’s SXSWi — the search for the best mobile experience for users. Read More »
What You Need To Know About the National Broadband Plan
The FCC plans to deliver its National Broadband Plan a day early on March 16 to Congress. The plan will lay out recommendations for universal broadband access and encourage adoption. But we’re unimpressed with what we’ve seen of recommendations so far. Read More »
What’s Slowing Down Verizon’s LTE Speeds?
Verizon expects its 4G mobile broadband will deliver speeds between 5-12 Mbps. So how does LTE –a technology that can deliver 150 Mbps — get whittled down to less than a tenth of that? We explain how physics, regulations, investment and users take their toll. Read More »
Compiled Networks Aims to Link Clouds, Make Wi-Fi Mobile
Compiled Networks, a stealthy Austin startup is building an appliance that can securely link two clouds at the network level, and uses the same technology to improve Wi-Fi offload for ISPs. It has managed to straddle two large markets but can it sell into them? Read More »
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