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Archive for August 2nd, 2007

New Spectrum Paves Way to 4G

Location: On vacation

Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S made several changes to the rules governing the commercial services portion of the 700 MHz band. The goals of these changes are aimed at helping create "a national broadband network for public safety that will address the interoperability problems of today’s system, provide for a more open wireless platform that will facilitate innovation and investment, and facilitate the emergence of next-generation wireless broadband services in both urban and rural areas."

This ruling is an important step in the continued evolution of the industry and is helping pave the way to 4G.

I invited John Hoadley, Nortel’s newly appointed Vice President of 4G ...

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