In perhaps THE deal of the last five years, the Dell Board is meeting tonight to consider a leveraged buyout to take Dell private! In a $24 billion deal, Dell founder Michael Dell is in for $4.00 billion + of his own cash and assets. I would say here is a founder who believes in his company!
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Monday, February 4, 2013
T-Mobile Pushing Commission for Mobile Broadband at 600 MHz
Finally a plan for the use of broadband spectrum at 600 MHz and above that makes some sense!
T-Mobile pushes its own plan for 600 MHz mobile broadband
T-Mobile supports much of the FCC's plan to reallocate and reassign 600 MHz spectrum from broadcast TV to mobile broadband use but is suggesting a number of tweaks, wrote Kathleen Ham, T-Mobile's vice president of federal regulatory affairs, in a blog post on the company website.
A group of wireless carriers, broadcasters and manufacturers recently suggested locating all paired spectrum above TV Channel 37. "While we are open to further study with the FCC on the best plan to maximize paired spectrum in the auction, this approach has the benefit of avoiding certain potential interference issues that exist with the FCC's lead plan and would encourage rapid development of devices that meet consumer expectations for cost and size," said Ham.
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Vendor's getting anxious about FirstNet!
Seems that some vendors are getting a tad anxious and concerned about what they claim to be a lack of transparency in the FirstNet process.
From Fierce Broadband Wireless
From Fierce Broadband Wireless
The board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) will hold its next meeting on Feb. 12, giving it a chance to respond publicly to a barrage of complaints regarding the board's perceived lack of transparency and responsiveness.
"We are concerned that there has been something of a cone of silence dropped around the process," said Brian Hendricks, global head of technology policy for telephone-equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks. Meetings with the FirstNet board are difficult to set up, which "leaves most of us with the sense that we're sort of fumbling around in the dark for the light switch, and that is a concern," added Hendricks, who was quoted by Bloomberg.
"It seems FirstNet has kind of shut themselves off," said Donald Hairston, a senior vice president at Textron. "How do you build systems if you don't talk to your users?"
Panelists expressed frustration that despite FirstNet receiving 133 NOI submissions before the end of 2012, there still has been no official acknowledgement of the suggestions that were offered, according to Urgent Communications.
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True Professionals at Work
Working on a telecom tower is always dangerous work, here is one "incident" that had a happy ending for this tower climber. This guy is alive today because was smart enough to call for help and because his employers had well trained and responsible people to help him.
Sorry about the commercial but watch through it, it is short. The tower rescue is just after it.
http://wj.la/SCn3Q1
Marc
Sorry about the commercial but watch through it, it is short. The tower rescue is just after it.
http://wj.la/SCn3Q1
Marc
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