Spectrum

Fitch Affirms Cobb County Solid Waste Auth's (GA) Rev Rfdg Bonds at 'AAA': Outlook Stable
CNBC | 3 hours 36 minutes ago
NEW YORK, Nov 20, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- As part of its ongoing surveillance efforts, Fitch Ratings affirms its 'AAA' rating on Cobb County Solid Waste Management Authority, Georgia's (the authority) approximately $12.4 million outstanding solid waste management authority revenue refunding bonds, series 2004. The Rating Outlook is Stable.

Broadband Briefs for 11/20/09
CED Magazine | 7 hours 15 minutes ago
Motorola Buys RadioFrame iDEN Business By Monica Alleven, Wireless Week Motorola has acquired RadioFrame Networks iDEN business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

First LTE Data Call Made On Live Net
InformationWeek | 11 hours 11 minutes ago
Alcatel-Lucent's live call is the latest in a series of Long Term Evolution tests and trials in preparation for the launch of LTE.

Emergency workers train at mock terrorist strike
Providence Journal (R.I.), The | 1 day 17 minutes ago
CRANSTON An explosion and a rupture of the main dam at the Scituate Reservoir.

Spectrum Comments Pour into FCC
TV Technology | 1 day 3 hours 11 minutes ago
WASHINGTON: A proposal to create a national wireless broadband network is generating tens of thousands of comments at the Federal Communications Commission. Commenters range from lobbies, think tanks, schools, phone companies, citizens, and the likes of the Waukesha County Department of Emergency Preparedness.

Alcatel-Lucent Demos LTE Running at 800Mhz in Europe
cellular-news (U.K.) | 1 day 8 hours 12 minutes ago
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has successfully completed the worldwide first LTE data call on the 800 MHz "European Digital Dividend" (EDD) spectrum band in a live network. The call was completed last month at Alcatel-Lucent's LTE end-to-end solutions center in Stuttgart, Germany, involved transmitting high-definition video streaming over the air using Alcatel-Lucent's commercial infrastructure platforms and prototype mobile devices.

Samsung's Android-Powered Galaxy Spins Into Marketplace
E-Commerce Times | 1 day 14 hours 8 minutes ago
Samsung is offering an Android-powered smartphone dubbed "Galaxy" in a number of markets, though not in North America. The device apparently runs an older version of the Android OS -- one that does not include access to Google's turn-by-turn navigation service.

Improved Public Alerting for Emergencies and Disasters
Radio World | 1 day 22 hours 30 minutes ago
Public alerting technology has progressed significantly since the days of sirens and the Emergency Broadcast System.

Should spectrum be free? - page 2
FierceWireless | 2 days 7 hours 5 minutes ago
Previous page Enter the government's $7.2 billion broadband stimulus plan. This is essentially the modern-day equivalent of the Universal Service Fund, which was conceived in the 1930s to subsidize... Read more >>

FCC Adopts Shot Clock On Wireless Tower Siting
Broadcasting & Cable | 2 days 7 hours 49 minutes ago
Deadline for co-locating facilities on existing towers is 90 days, 150 for new sites

FCC Adopts Shot Clock On Wireless Tower Citing
Broadcasting & Cable | 2 days 9 hours 40 minutes ago
Deadline for co-locating facilities on existing towers is 90 days, 150 for new sites

Smith: NAB Not Foreclosed To Spectrum Discussions
Multichannel News | 3 days 2 hours 47 minutes ago
But Single-Channel Model Without HD, Mobile Or Multicast Is A 'Nonstarter'