The “Internet of Things” (IoT) will likely be one of the most important technological advances of this century. The emergence of Cloud computing, meanwhile, has created the application and device management backbone needed to scale to and support billions of connected objects. Consumer, governmental and business trends are also pushing us toward the IoT. And despite inhibitors to growth, such as privacy issues and creating sustainable business models, we will see increasing benefits in our personal and community lives as the IoT takes hold. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
AT&T today filed a petition with the FCC asking it to reconsider conditions associated with an order allowing Harbinger Capital Partners to take over a satellite company and its spectrum assets. The move is AT&T’s attempt to fight the construction of a competing 4G wireless network. Read more »
Harbinger Capital Partner’s bold plan to build out an open 4G wireless network has more moving parts than the latest OK Go video, and would require a minimum of $6 billion to build. I’m skeptical that a competitive LTE network will come out of the plan. Read more »
A New York private equity firm plans to build a multibillion-dollar wholesale 4G wireless network using the Long Term Evolution standard that will cover most of the country by 2015. The ambitious plans by Harbinger Capital partners relies on spectrum owned by several satellite companies. Read more »
The FCC has had conversations with Qualcomm and Skyterra in the last few weeks about an effort to use a combination of satellites and a terrestrial network known as ATC (Ancillary Terrestrial Component), which could make 100 MHz of spectrum available for mobile broadband. Given that […] Read more »
After winning the right to offer a satellite and cellular-based mobile voice and data service, raising $500 million in capital and restructuring its ownership, Skyterra (formerly Mobile Satellite Ventures) is getting ready for what it hopes will be two game-changing years. The company will launch a […] Read more »
Harbinger Capital today offered satellite service provider MSV/Skyterra $500 million to pay for the company’s launch of its two new satellites. The private equity firm also made clear it’s planning to push for a deal to acquire British satellite company Inmarsat. The acquisition attempt isn’t welcomed […] Read more »
