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No Stimulus for Wireless Startups

The stimulus bill favors wireline communications over wireless and by extension incumbents over startups, unless the rules are changed.
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Will Tech Stimulus Funding Goose Economy?

The $40 billion for tech is unlikely to create immediate jobs and deliver a quick jolt to the stalled economy, but it could spur long-term business growth.
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Will Tech Blow $40B Stimulus?

Nearly $40 billion of the Obama administration’s $819 billion stimulus package, which is currently at the U.S. Senate, will go to tech industry initiatives.
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Group Asks Obama for $30B Tech Stimulus

Lobby says upgrading the digital infrastructure will create far more jobs than fixing the nation’s roads and bridges. But is $30B too much for broadband?
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Silicon Valley's Wireless Woes

Do tech investors still want their own wireless network particularly as they expect more regulatory support from the incoming Obama administration?
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Cable’s Clearwire Quandary

Cable operators are betting $1.65B on the service that competes with cable modems and may never compete with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile.
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Clearwire Closes Deal Amid Hurdles

WiMAX firm faces new realities as it embarks on a plan that was drawn up before the economy skidded into recession.
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Will Next President Address Telecom Issues?

A heap of telecom issues ranging net neutrality to broadband coverage awaits the next U.S. president, but has the government lost its appetite for regulation?
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Google's 'Eric the Engineer' Endorses Obama

Eric Schmidt will begin campaigning on a personal level not as CEO of Google. It's hardly a risky move, but Google is seeking leverage on Capitol Hill.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Google Phone Details Due Tuesday, So What?

Is the anticipation around the Android phone justified considering it is a phone that supports the latest of at least four mobile operating systems?
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Nokia Dials In Microsoft Exchange

Handset giant moves on collision course with RIM as it incorporates Microsoft Exchange into 80 million smartphones.
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Cable Challenge: Wi-Fi or WiMAX?

Normally in lockstep on new technology, cable operators are divided on wireless, but experts say when the dust settles maverick Cablevision will come back to the pack.
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Cablevision Unwraps Free Wi-Fi

Unlike its rivals who chose WiMax, New York's maverick cable operator picks Wi-Fi for the largest free wireless mesh network in the United States.
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Media, Communications, Finance

Qualcomm Grabs UK Spectrum for Mobile TV

Wireless chip maker will counter the EU’s official endorsement of a European rival technology by showcasing MediaFLO in the UK.
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Cablevision to Spend $300M on Free Wi-Fi

As cable operators continue to struggle with the incorporation of mobile communications, New York-based company offers subscribers free Wi-Fi in neighborhoods.
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Media, Internet, Finance

Will Google and Cable Firms Rejuvenate WiMAX?

A well-financed wireless broadband carrier with well-heeled backers motivated to innovate could jolt the WiMAX community out of its inertia.
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Media, Communications, Internet

AT&T, Qualcomm Test Mobile TV Reception

More than a year after its initial announcement AT&T launches its mobile TV service. Did the public’s poor response to earlier efforts cause the delay?
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Mobile Giants Feast on Spectrum Licenses

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says his company's purchases will result in a "transformative opportunity."
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Cable Giants Talk WiMAX

Comcast and Time Warner Cable are testing the waters for a joint venture with Sprint and Clearwire that may not solve cable's long-term problems.
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Google Wireless?

A $4.7 billion bid for a valuable swath of spectrum, which may have come from Google, could change the mobile communications landscape for decades to come.
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