Barack Obama is expected to be our country’s most tech-savvy president ever, and his campaign had a strong focus on technology as a means for the U.S. to stay competitive. The tech and the telecom communities at large are both poised to see what will top Obama’s agenda after he takes office next month, and […]
Verizon Wireless has made a large footprint in the “Open” movement over the last week — first opening its network to outside devices and applications, then announcing its plan to use the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard instead of UMB (ultramobile broadband), and Tuesday joining Google’s Open Handset Alliance. The company is positioning the OHA […]
Reading the news and analysis about Google’s Android and OHA announcements this week, I was reminded of a good rule of thumb in networking technology and telecom services - “simple wins, cheap wins, open wins.” An Android-based phone has all three - it’s easy to use (it’s Google), inexpensive (no or little embedded software […]
This week’s BusinessWeek had an interesting report on the debate over 4G mobile standards. In my opinion, each of the candidates (WiMAX, LTE and UMB) has its own pros and cons, but which is “the best” depends on the factor you consider most important:
Being nearly ready for deployment (Mobile WiMAX is already being pushed by […]
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