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Migrating to a Content Management System Running over Cloud Services
After having a website for over 6 months I have decided to do two migrations I was hoping to do for some time: Migrating to a self-hosted WordPress implementation Migrating to a cloud service There are significant benefits for running … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Web Services, Apple, Facebook, FourSquare, Google, HTC, Motorola, Twitter, Wordpress
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iPhone is the Culprit behind AT&T’s Purchase of T-Mobile
I found yesterday’s news quite hard to believe. Even though AT&T / T-Mobile merger was talked about and discussed many times in the past, more recently it has faded primarily due to AT&T’s size and concerns about how US government … Continue reading
iPhone CDMA and iPad 2: No obvious path for LTE
As predicted iPad 2 turned out to be another amazing Apple success story. There are very few brands out there that can drive the imagination of its customers as much as Apple does. Once again Apple has managed to convince … Continue reading
A Lesson From Flying and Floating Picocells for Femtocell Deployments
Even though the title is about femtocells, let me first cover flying or floating picocells. This ties back to my earlier blog about Lufthansa’s FlyNet service. Flying Picocells Using mobile phones on planes has long been a desire of many. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aero Mobile, Aircell, ALU, AT&T, CEPT, DCS1800, EDGE, Emirates Airlines, Ericsson, ETSI, EV-DO, FCC, femtocell, FlyNet, GoGo, GSM, LTE, Lufthansa, Malaysian Airlines, NCU, OnAir, PCS1900, picocell, Qualcomm, Row 44, T-Mobile, Telstra, traffic offloading, UMA, Verizon, WCDMA, WiFi
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Sending emails from Arctic Circle
In January I traveled to Europe from Seattle on an unplanned trip. Buying a ticket at the last minute, I ended up with Lufthansa which flies between Seattle and Frankfurt over a very northerly route through northern Canada, crossing over … Continue reading
Why do Sprint, T-Mobile and Clearwire Need Each Other?: Simple answer: iPhone!
Multiple reports have appeared in the industry press recently about T-Mobile investing in Clearwire to tap into its spectrum or using it as a wholesale provider for T-Mobile’re retail customers. Other reports mentioned T-Mobile and AT&T participation in a private auction … Continue reading
There is no 4G in the USA (and anywhere in the world) yet and why earliest 4G network is 2 years away
For those who have been working in the field of wireless communications it’s hardly news: But it was entertaining to see PC Magazine declaring that CES 2011: The Year Mobile Took Over. I can understand the North American (or at … Continue reading
2010 in review and Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all of you. I am confident 2011 will be a better year when effects of financial turmoils from 2008 will finally be behind all economies. In 2010 few exciting developments happened in the field of wireless … Continue reading
More LTE Devices on the Way! But all for Verizon
Since my last post on LTE devices, FCC has approved more LTE devices. After Verizon’s network launch on Dec. 5th, terminal manufacturers are coming up with new devices. Following list includes two (likely) USB sticks from Novatel, a WiFi router … Continue reading
All-IP Networking: Effect on Battery Life
Undoubtedly the slowest improving part of a mobile device is its battery. As I discussed in the last post, battery energy density doubles every 10 years. Considering peak throughput grows ~50% per year, there is a significant growing gap. Before … Continue reading
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Tagged 3GPP, amprius, ARM, ARM Cortex-A15, ASIC, CSFB, DSP, GOPS, IMS, iPhone, Kees van Berkel, lithium-ion, lithium-ion-nanowire, LTE, MetroPCS, MMTel, nexus one, panasonic, ROHC, Samsung Craft, VOLGA, VoLTE
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