Thursday, October 15, 2009

Fundamental research pays off; Cisco backpedals on WiMAX with Starent buy

Cisco backpedals on WiMAX with Starent buy; DOJ clears way for AT&T-Centennial deal
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Fundamental research pays off

The recent announcement of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physics should warm the hearts of all who have ever done fundamental research in hopes that it would eventually have a use. It should also send shivers up our collective spine as we look at the current deplorable state of funding for research. Read full story

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Cisco backpedals on WiMAX with Starent buy
This week's $2.9 billion acquisition of Starent Networks indicates that Cisco is backpedaling from its WiMAX focus and shifting it to LTE as the 4G underpinning of next generation mobile data networks.

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The U.S Department of Justice gave a tentative thumbs-up to AT&T's proposed acquisition of Centennial Communications provided AT&T divests some of its network assets in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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October 15, 2009

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