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Posted in April 2007

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Stitching the Backhaul Quilt


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April 27, 2007 : Operators and vendors stare down option anxiety about mobile backhaul at Light Reading Live show in Atlanta

Friday Funding Roundup


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April 27, 2007 : Arcadian Networks, EQO Communications, Vocera Communications, and Limbo 41414 see dollar signs in this week's VC roundup

Life Before the Segway


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April 27, 2007 : 1:50 PM -- Bereft of wobbly fun

Alltel Acquisition Rumor Flare-Up


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April 25, 2007 : 2:45 PM -- It's a seasonal thing...

WiMax Gets Small


Wireless Bits - Dan Jones - Post a comment
April 25, 2007 : As WiMax technology shrinks, it could get deployed in a fashion similar to wireless LAN hotspots today. Sprint Nextel is examining its options on that front

Femtocells Are Coming


Cutting Loose - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
April 24, 2007 : Homes needed soon for mini-base stations as carriers start to examine femtocell options

WiFi Health Scare Redux


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
April 24, 2007 : 1:30 PM -- Arrgh! The health scare that won't die

Fun With FON


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
April 23, 2007 : 6:00 PM -- Time Warner represents a marked shift in broadband operators' attitude to open WiFi

Sprint Goes Femto With WiMax


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April 23, 2007 : Sprint wants WiMax base stations to get even smaller with femtocells, Unstrung has learned

Google Hiring for Hardware Product Intro


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April 20, 2007 : The search giant is looking for people that can launch 'new hardware products into mass production' and help with carrier and handset relationships

Nokia's Mixed Call


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April 19, 2007 : Handset sales drop but gaming and converged devices are on the rise for Nokia's Q1 2007

Motorola's Handset Headache


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April 18, 2007 : Motorola's first quarter is as downbeat as expected, and analysts are disappointed in second-quarter projections

Firetide's Singapore Fling


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April 18, 2007 : Mesh startup touts 150,000 registered users on new free muni network in Singapore, says success could lie in managing user expectations

The WiMax Jigsaw Puzzle


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April 18, 2007 : 11:00 AM -- The pieces are starting to fall into place

Solar Flair


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April 18, 2007 : 9:30 AM -- How WiFi can help... sometimes

Apple v Microsoft


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April 17, 2007 : 5:30 PM -- Pulling for the underdog just might help us all

802.11n: In the Air Tonight


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April 17, 2007 : New high-speed WiFi technology is a hit in the consumer market and could be in offices and municipal networks sooner than you think

Sprint Taking WiMax Indoors


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April 17, 2007 : US operator is already considering how to provide the best indoor coverage for specific market segments as it rolls out WiMax into 2008

Qualcomm Buys Into Mobile WiMax


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April 16, 2007 : Qualcomm finally buys into mobile WiMax with the acquisition of TeleCIS assets that could help it develop the technology in the future

Friday Funding Roundup


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April 13, 2007 : AirTight, Ensequence, Samplify, and Telsima are this week's lucky VC recipients in a funding wrap that shows that wireless security, WiMax and mobile video remain hot

Panic Sensors


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April 12, 2007 : 6:00 PM -- Too much information?

RIM's Dual Focus


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April 12, 2007 : RIM plots consumer and enterprise course as shares fall on missed revenue expectations and SEC jitters during Thursday trading
Comment: Re: Muni Wireless Nets - Dan Jones April 12, 2007

We Fade to Grey


Wireless Bits - Dan Jones - Comments (3)
April 11, 2007 : 5:40 PM -- The utopian dream of municipal broadband doesn't always work perfectly the first time

RIM's Profits Rise in Q4


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April 11, 2007 : BlackBerry maker reveals that the SEC has formalized its stock grants investigation as it posts sharply higher profits for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2007

Boom Box, 21C Style


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April 11, 2007 : 4:25 PM -- MP3 Phones are noise pollution!
Comment: Re: wireless ipod - Dan Jones April 11, 2007

Patently Appealing


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April 10, 2007 : NextWave's IPWireless buyout could yield hidden treasure in the form of next-generation wireless patents

The Wide Pod?


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April 10, 2007 : 5:00 PM -- The iPhone isn't even out yet and Palm is already getting jabs in

Palm's Open Source Hope


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April 10, 2007 : Palm pushes Linux and ducks M&A questions at its analyst day

Wireless in Seattle


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April 9, 2007 : 6:00 PM -- Broadband abounds in the rainy city
Comment: Yahoo Wireless - Dan Jones April 9, 2007

.11n Thunder


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April 9, 2007 : 3:30PM -- Next-gen WiFi to dominate by the end of 2007?

NextWave Buys IPWireless


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April 9, 2007 : After $200M in funding over nearly eight years, IPWireless's long bet on time-division duplex technology nets $100M payoff

Friday Funding Roundup


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April 6, 2007 : Cellfish, ExtendMedia, Proximetry, and YouMail are this week's VC lovers

Apple Unstrung


Jonestown - Dan Jones - Comment (1)
April 5, 2007 : 5:30 PM -- Whatever happened to the wireless iPod?

MetroPCS Eyes $1B IPO


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April 4, 2007 : As expected, the local wireless operator is looking to net $1 billion in its first public offering

The Great WiMax Split


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April 3, 2007 : At CTIA, the next major fault line in the wide-area wireless industry was on display

Monks of Mesh


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April 3, 2007 : 2:15 PM -- Is there anywhere that you won't find a mesh network these days?

Insider: Location Finds Itself


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April 3, 2007 : New players, cooler apps, and cheaper chips are driving a resurgence in the mobile location services market, according to the latest Unstrung Insider