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Wireless Strategies: AT&T buys high-speed spectrum ... Big strides ahead for WiMAX ... DoCoMo flirts with e-paper for phones


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Wireless strategies for IT professionals

 October 9, 2007 A newsletter published by wireless.itworld.comPart of the ITworld.com Network


 In this issue:

›› Top story: AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum

›› In the news:
- Motorola wins major Taiwanese WiMax contract
- Study: Big strides for WiMAX by 2009
- Japanese phone features outshine the iPhone
- DoCoMo flirts with e-paper for phones


›› Poll: What was the first computer magazine you subscribed to?

›› From the network:
- The Business of Online Support: Achieving Your Competitive Support Advantage
- Industry Experts Discuss Storage Reliability and Recovery
- Key Factors to Consider when Purchasing KVM-over-IP Solutions

›› ITwhirled: Woman left trapped in CT scanner for 5 hours; can super powers be far behind?

›› Gadget giveaway: Swiss Army USB


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›› TOP STORY

AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum
AT&T Inc. has agreed to buy 12MHz of high-speed wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners LP for $2.5 billion, the company announced Tuesday.

The Aloha Partners spectrum, purchased in auctions held by the FCC in 2001 and 2003, is in the highly coveted 700MHz band, an area of the spectrum ideal for long-range broadband services, many experts say. The FCC is scheduled to auction another 62MHz of spectrum in the 700MHz band in January. ...Continue reading 'AT&T buys high-speed wireless spectrum'


›› IN THE NEWS

Motorola wins major Taiwanese WiMax contract
Study: Big strides for WiMAX by 2009
Japanese phone features outshine the iPhone
DoCoMo flirts with e-paper for phones
Fon's shared Wi-Fi network goes mainstream with BT
E.U. worried that not all operators have cut roaming fees
Wireless sensors dump batteries and go green

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›› GADGET GIVEAWAY

It's Fall, and we have a new gadget giveaway ready, just for the heck of it. We've brought back the Swiss Army knife which includes four tools that a true gadget geek should never be without (USB flash drive, LED light, Swiss Army knife, ballpoint pen).

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›› ITWHIRLED

Woman left trapped in CT scanner for five hours; can super powers be far behind? Many a comic book hero began the transformation from ordinary Joe or Jane into a lycra-clad superhuman with an accidental radiation dose. But the future of Elvira Tellez, who was left in a clinic's CT scanner for hours after medical technicians forgot about her and went home, will probably be less battling with robots from outer space and more malpractice litigation.

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