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http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071201/SUB/71201021/1002 The story linked from the summary mentions Verizon endorsing LTE (GSM's next-gen stuff). No one's embracing UMB (the CDMA equivalent).

Actually, as I submitted earlier today, AT&T has reversed it's previous stance, and broken ranks with the other major cellular providers, by endorsing FCC chairman Kevin Martin's plan to require open access to 22Mhz of the 60Mhz to be auctioned by the FCC in the 700Mhz band. This statement prompted Verizon to reiterate their opposition to any open access requirements, and Google to state their wish that the entire 60Mhz be auctioned with open access requirements.

Open access rules would require the auction winner to allow any compatible device to connect to their networks on the effected spectrum.

The patent system is definitely broken. It is bogging down innovation with lawsuits and silly claims. It is very nice to see Crichton on the offensive about this issue, and hopefully he and Research in Motion (RIM) will be able to trigger some more response and reform in the patent office. As was noted earlier on ./ RIM is running full-page ads (cf. http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=25858) protesting the patent office situation.

Fitzghon

Media reports indicate that certification for WiMAX products may be delayed for six months, but a spokesperson for the WiMAX Forum said the reports are inaccurate.
Another prime mover of the technology, Intel Corp., also said it was not aware of any such postponements.

Some media outlets had reported there would be a delay in WiMAX rollouts due to a lack of readiness of the customer premise equipment, as well as the lab and team to do the certification testing.

WiMAX Forum spokeswoman Kendra Petrone described the report as inaccurate.
Source: RCR Wireless News

far more likely to burn your ear off

or explode.

... but GSM beat you to it.

Verizon Wireless and Nextel Communications Inc. are being touted as net winners after one week of local number portability, though analysts have noted the process is in many cases taking much longer than the two and a half hours carriers were originally shooting for despite lower than expected porting volume.

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. are being reported as net losers after one week of number freedom, with analysts noting AT&T Wireless' GSM activation problems are apparently contributing to its LNP-related customer losses. Sprint PCS and T-Mobile USA Inc. are being viewed as net neutral after a week.

It may be on its way out...again. According to this story the company is "actively evaluating a number of options relative to its business prospects". In my book that's code for "trying to figure out how to make next week's payroll."

I'm sorry but it is incorrect. Clarification can be found here: T-Mobile clarifies Microsoft OS handset delay rumors

The article in full:

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Breaking News

T-Mobile clarifies Microsoft OS handset delay rumors

by MIKE DANO
May 15, 2003 1:49 PM EST

T-Mobile International AG and Microsoft Corp. sought to clarify media reports concerning possible delays of the release of a T-Mobile phone using Microsoft software in Europe, but T-Mobile wouldn't give a specific release date.

Media reports surfaced last week that T-Mobile had delayed the release of a phone using Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, scheduled for sale in June. However, a T-Mobile spokesman said the carrier had never set a definite date, only that it would begin selling the phone sometime this summer. Spokesman Philipp Schindera said there are software problems with the phone, and that T-Mobile, manufacturer HTC and Microsoft are working to fix those problems. He said the phone has not been delayed, because there are still several months of summer left.

Such tactics are common in the wireless industry, with many wireless players shying away from specific release dates.

However, T-Mobile's Schindera wouldn't say when the phone would be released, only that it would be released when all the software glitches are fixed. Schindera also said T-Mobile's partnership with Microsoft is still sound and the software problems are commonplace for high-end devices, such as those using Microsoft Smartphone software.

Microsoft has been working since the late 1990s to sell mobile phones using its Smartphone software. The company first signed up mobile-phone start-up Sendo to make its smart phones, but Sendo a year ago abruptly dropped those plans and later filed a lawsuit against Microsoft. As a result, Microsoft has managed to line up several Asian manufacturers to build Smartphone devices.

Orange was the first carrier in the world to start selling a device using the Microsoft Smartphone OS late last year. As of about February, the European carrier said it had sold 40,000 of the devices. In the United States, several carriers sell wireless personal digital assistants that use Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system, but none so far have begun selling Smartphone devices. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to sell a Smartphone device by the end of this year and confirmed those plans have not changed.

This is a more accurate story entitled "T-Mobile has NOT dumped MS Smartphone, just delayed it a bit".

Also, RCR says:

a T-Mobile spokesman said the carrier had never set a definite date, only that it would begin selling the phone sometime this summer. Spokesman Philipp Schindera said there are software problems with the phone, and that T-Mobile, manufacturer HTC and Microsoft are working to fix those problems. He said the phone has not been delayed, because there are still several months of summer left.

in this article there is a misspelling of symbian(they forgot the letter m. It is on the first line(right under where is says "breaking news"

To really be deployable in an un-metered fashion with a reasonable business model, you need something much more spectrally efficient, like ArrayComm's i-BURST for high-speed data service. A recent demo in South Korea shows it working at 1 Mbit/s. Two of South Korea's big telcos, Hanaro and KT, are planning to roll it out next year some time. Remember that Korea is where CDMA got its start.

ArrayComm licensed some spectrum in Australia, where they plan to roll out a wireless broadband service in the major cities in just 5 MHz of TDD spectrum. It looks like recent FCC rule changes have made some national TDD spectrum licenses available in the U.S. as well

It uses IntelliCell spatial processing and spatial channels to get multiple users on the same spectrum, at the same time. I've been lucky enough to see the i-BURST system in action, and it looks pretty cool, is real, and actually works. There are other smart antenna companies as well that are working on broadband data products, but I don't think any of them are as far along as ArrayComm.