TechAddress http://www.techaddress.com Providing the Latest User-Generated and Aggregate Technology News Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en Are Cable and Phone Companies Still Recession-Proof? http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/are-cable-and-phone-companies-still-recession-proof/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/are-cable-and-phone-companies-still-recession-proof/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:30:27 +0000 Featured CMCSA T VZ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/are-cable-and-phone-companies-still-recession-proof/ Source:GigaOM
Bad news has been coming out of the telco and cable industries this week, news that offers further proof that we are indeed heading into a recession. As guest blogger Cynthia Brumfield notes, these industries have traditionally held up well during economic downturns. But will they this time?

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/14/are-cable-and-phone-companies-still-recession-proof/feed/ Wireless Auctions Aren’t for Wimps http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:30:23 +0000 google mobile goog articles at&t clearwire T Aloha Partners Frontline Wireless Craig McCaw http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/ Source:GigaOM
Frontline Wireless’ decision to bow out of the 700 MHz auction proves that in the Wild West of spectrum speculation, only the bold need apply. Frontline dropped out of the auction after finding it difficult to raise enough money to cover a $128 million up-front payment on the spectrum.

Backers of Frontline included former FCC […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/feed/ Hurry Up and Bounce http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/09/hurry-up-and-bounce/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/09/hurry-up-and-bounce/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:30:54 +0000 dell Asides AAPL AMZN APPL T INTC TWX BBY gme rimm CYCL http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/09/hurry-up-and-bounce/ Source:GigaOM
A bounce in technology stocks, at this point, is inevitable. With the S&P’s tech sector down 10 percent so far this year — and a bearish-looking 20 percent since last summer — it’s just a matter of time before the sellers get tired and others step in to buy, if only for short-term gains.

That […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/09/hurry-up-and-bounce/feed/ More Speed Bumps Ahead for WiMAX http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:30:41 +0000 mobile broadband intel wimax MOT clearwire T S Motorola CLWR Ces CES 2008 INCT http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/ Source:GigaOM
One of the promotional gimmicks planned for next week’s CES show are rides around Vegas in a car with mobile WiMAX Internet access, courtesy of WiMAX backers Intel, Clearwire and Motorola. While the demonstration of real mobile WiMAX is a big step forward for the nascent wireless technology, you have to wonder if the market- […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/feed/ AT&T, Verizon…We Are All Open http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/att-verizon%e2%80%a6we-are-all-open/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/att-verizon%e2%80%a6we-are-all-open/#comments Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:35:38 +0000 google mobile verizon at&t Featured T VZ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/att-verizon%e2%80%a6we-are-all-open/ Source:GigaOM
If you are done rolling your eyes, you might want to continue reading. Horowitz Associates says that the online video content is being downloaded in larger numbers. 61% of Internet users download videos once a week, and 86% once a month. That’s up from 2006. The most interesting part of this report: 70% of the […]Source:GigaOM
The problems facing the Muni wireless business, highlighted by EarthLink’s decision to throw in the towel, are spreading. Tyler van Houwelingen, founder and CEO of Azulstar, recently said: “Everybody in this business is going through the same thing.” Azulstar was going to build the much-hyped Silicon Valley Metro Connect Wi-Fi network, but is […]Source:GigaOM
What does OPEN really mean? Open handsets, open networks, open applications, open operating systems — some combination of those, or all of them? Or is it “We’re Scared of Google.”

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/06/att-verizon%e2%80%a6we-are-all-open/feed/ The 700 MHz Spectrum Auctions. Who?s In, Who?s Out. http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/04/the-700-mhz-spectrum-auctions-whos-in-whos-out/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/04/the-700-mhz-spectrum-auctions-whos-in-whos-out/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:30:05 +0000 google verizon Comcast Web 2.0 News & Ideas Time Warner T AT & Cox Communications Frontline Wireless http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/04/the-700-mhz-spectrum-auctions-whos-in-whos-out/ Source:Techcrunch
The deadline to apply to participate in the FCC’s upcoming auction of wireless 700 MHz spectrum passed on Monday. And we still don’t know exactly who the bidders will be. But we have a pretty good idea.
Google is in. So is AT&T, Frontline Wireless, and Craig McCaw’s Clearwire. […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/12/04/the-700-mhz-spectrum-auctions-whos-in-whos-out/feed/ 3G iPhone On Track For Next Year http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/3g-iphone-on-track-for-next-year/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/3g-iphone-on-track-for-next-year/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:30:13 +0000 apple verizon Company & Product Profiles T AT & http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/3g-iphone-on-track-for-next-year/ Source:Techcrunch
In remarks at the Churchill Club, AT&T’s CEO confirmed what most Apple-watchers have been suspecting: a 3G iPhone will come out next year. Sounds like they fixed that battery-drain problem. Hopefully, these things won’t start exploding like those laptops a year ago.
Mike makes fun of me for toting around a Blackberry, but I’d […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/3g-iphone-on-track-for-next-year/feed/ Here Comes Trouble: Infocom vs. Telecom http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/here-comes-trouble-infocom-vs-telecom/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/here-comes-trouble-infocom-vs-telecom/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:33:18 +0000 google verizon goog at&t Featured T Deutsche Telecom http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/here-comes-trouble-infocom-vs-telecom/ Source:GigaOM
Email remains one of the most important means of communication and Microsoft Outlook is the client of choice for around 400 million computer users worldwide. Anil Dash considers it a platform in its own right, albeit with its own share of problems and vulnerabilities.

Microsoft has made many improvements, but some of the best innovations […]Source:GigaOM
If Google’s bid for 700Mhz spectrum materializes in January, it will bring the trillion-dollar infotech and telecom industries into direct competition for the first time in 50 years.

The industries were separated at birth in 1956 by a consent decree that banned AT&T (T) from offering information services. Though the present form of both industries […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/29/here-comes-trouble-infocom-vs-telecom/feed/ Should USF Be Used For Rural Broadband? http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:33:53 +0000 broadband at&t T S Sprint USF http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/ Source:GigaOM
Having trouble finding a gift for someone? Giftoscope, a new web service will help with some quirky suggestions.
Add Siberia to the list of places where Microsoft is building data centers. Chicago and Dublin are two recent locations of Microsoft’s data center build outs.
Contrary […]Source:GigaOM
Policy-makers want to split the Universal Service Fund, which brings in around $7 billion or so every year and is used to subsidize the old-fashioned phone systems in rural areas, into three distinct parts: one to subsidize wireless services, another for the old-fashioned phone services, and a slice to subsidize the broadband buildout in rural […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/feed/ Should A Portion Of USF Be Used For Rural Broadband? http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-a-portion-of-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-a-portion-of-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:30:11 +0000 broadband at&t T S Sprint USF http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-a-portion-of-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/ Source:GigaOM
Policy makers want to split the Universal Service Fund, that brings in around $7 billion or so every year and is used to subsidize the old fashioned phone systems in rural areas, into three distinct parts: one to subsidize wireless services, another for the old fashioned phone services, and use a slice to subsidize the […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/26/should-a-portion-of-usf-be-used-for-rural-broadband/feed/ AT&T Gets in the Black Friday Mood http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-gets-in-the-black-friday-mood/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-gets-in-the-black-friday-mood/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:33:50 +0000 web broadband at&t T DISH Echostar Ingenio U-verse http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-gets-in-the-black-friday-mood/ Source:GigaOM
Last week saw a veritable explosion of launches and news centered around companies that are merging social networks, cash payouts and gaming. It’s the new frontier, apparently. Anyway we had trouble keeping them all straight and we figured you may have, too, so here’s a brief roundup of the newer players in this space.

iWON
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With its old-line businesses losing steam, AT&T is looking at new revenue streams. It has already diversified into video through its U-verse and HomeZone services; now it’s looking to shore up its Yellow Pages business. It is buying click-to-call service provider Ingenio and plans to integrate it into the online version of its directory […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-gets-in-the-black-friday-mood/feed/ AT&T: Not Too Worried About Google Wireless http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-not-too-worried-about-google-wireless/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-not-too-worried-about-google-wireless/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:33:54 +0000 google mobile goog at&t Featured T Ralph de la Vega LTE http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/19/att-not-too-worried-about-google-wireless/ Source:GigaOM
Google’s mobile ambitions have by now been widely articulated in the media, and after my initial post, I spent some time on the phone with various people discussing whether or not it made any financial sense for Google to be chasing the wireless dream. Many of the folks I chatted with expressed reservations about […]Source:GigaOM
AT&T Mobility CEO & President Ralph de la Vega is not too worried about Google and its wireless ambitions. “Running a wireless network is a capital-intensive business,” he said in a chat earlier this week. “It’s not a business for the faint of heart.”

He said that AT&T has “looked at the scenarios many different ways,” […]

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