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International markets remain untapped potential for tower companies
In North America, the total opportunity for cell-site leased revenue is $17.86 billion based on 2009 cell site numbers and average revenue per site. This does not include the opportunities for engineering firms to construct or augment existing towers.
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AT&T Mobility details network upgrade plans for the year
Amid complaints about its 3G coverage, an advertising challenge from competitor Verizon Wireless and a last-minute push before the federal government on network neutrality rules, AT&T Mobility detailed investment plans for 2010 for several of its markets.
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Charter exploring wireless options
Of the major cable operators, Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CCMM) is one of the few that has yet to articulate a wireless strategy. But this week in its first earnings call after emerging from bankruptcy, chief marketing officer Ted Schremp held out one possibility: "We're keeping a keen eye on peers that are working with alternatives such as Clearwire. We maintain the flexibility and the opportunity to join that if and when we so desire."
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Tawkon Measures The Radiation Spewing From Your iPhone
A few weeks ago stealth Israeli startup Tawkon gave me a sneak-peak developer build of what I believe is the most important app on my iPhone. What does it do? It analyzes the cellular radiation your iPhone emits at any given moment, at any given location, whether in standby mode, or within a call.
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The Man Who Was Allergic to Radio Waves
Your cellphone does not in itself cause cancer. But in the daily sea of radiation we all travel, there may be subtler dangers at work, and science is only just beginning to understand how they can come to affect people like Per Segerback so intensely
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Tower industry primed for growth with carrier buildouts
The tower industry should see increased revenues from U.S. carriers over the next few years as they fortify their networks for the promise of increased traffic that should come from advanced generation technologies. Overall, 2009 should end strong for the nation's three public tower companies. Free cash flow estimates at the tower firms increased in the second half of the year, while the cost of getting funding decreased.
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Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation
The purpose of this report is to create awareness amongst people of the possible health hazards which microwave radiation could lead, and the urgency to take necessary precautions to avoid major public health consequences, or else the impact could be worse than Cancer, AIDS, World War, Tsunami, etc.
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FCC calls for spending up to $16B on nationwide network for public safety
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the commission's national broadband plan will call on Congress to allocate $12 billion to $16 billion over 10 years to help build an interoperable, pubic-safety broadband network--a bold effort to move forward on an issue that has stymied the FCC for years. He also said the plan would call for a re-auction of the D Block of the 700 MHz spectrum band, and said public-safety agencies should have access to all of the 700 MHz band, not just the D Block.
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Lowenstein's View: The new world of the wireless operator
Coming off the 2010 Mobile World Congress event, one of my key takeaways is that the groundwork is starting to be laid for what the "operator of the future" might look like. This is not the traditional "smart pipe vs. dumb pipe" argument.
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Verizon's former COO Strigl gets hefty retirement package
While Verizon will give wireline technicians and other support staff it lays off later this year some kind of goodbye severance package, they'll find it hard to swallow what former COO Denny Strigl is getting in his retirement package.
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T-Mobile USA's Q4 results impacted by prepaid
T-Mobile USA Inc. posted surprisingly strong fourth quarter 2009 results today bolstered by the carrier's continued appeal to prepaid customers.
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Cell phones need warning labels for safety of Maine residents
The Health & Human Services Committee of the Maine State Legislature will hear a bill requiring warning labels on cell phones. Internationally acclaimed experts will testify on their own independent scientific findings that show cell phones can cause brain cancer, with children and pregnant women being at the greatest risk. Industry-funded scientists will argue cell phones are safe. Other countries have taken action to protect their citizens. The U.S. has not. People want to know when that is going to change.
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Cell towers attract politicians
Cell phone tower opponents might get some political help in their fight against new structures.
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Lab rats with cellphones?
We love our digital gadgets -- "magic" devices that define cool and promise to remake our lives for the better. But there is growing evidence of a dark side to the techno-magic. Your cellphone, and any other wireless device that depends on electromagnetic (EM) microwave radiation to function, may be hazardous to your health.
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AT&T, Verizon and Sprint 4G: Not so fast
Despite claims from mobile phone carriers, the next generation of mobile technology, or 4G, will only be slightly faster than current 3G speeds, at least initially.
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The Short Case for Crown Castle International
Crown Castle International (CCI) operates wireless towers primarily in the US. Like most of its competitors, CCI has been growing slowly but unprofitably for a long time and is expected to remain so through 2010.
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Radiation Warnings on Cell Phones: Legislation Introduced in San Francisco and at the State Level
While the wireless industry maintains "scientific evidence to date does not demonstrate any adverse health effects associated with the use of wireless phones", localities and now states are stepping up in place of the federal government to warn consumers about the dangers of cell phone radiation
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Broadband creates jobs
As the U.S. economy struggles to recover from the worst recession since the 1930s with the unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent, the federal government is understandably focused on policies that could create jobs.
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NSN exec says network needs to keep pace with traffic explosion
Nokia Siemens Networks took the opportunity at Mobile World Congress this morning to put its relatively new CEO Rajeev Suri in front of press and analysts to give an update on its latest customer wins and strategy.
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On different wavelengths over EMFs
Do the electromagnetic fields of power lines, cells and Wi-Fi cause harm? Experts disagree, so anxieties persist.
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Victims of electrosensitivity syndrome say EMFs cause symptom
Scientists haven't found a direct link between the symptoms of headaches and general complaints and being near electromagnetic fields. Some speculate that it is a mental instead of a physical disorder.
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Electromagnetic field studies reach different conclusions
Some studies say a link between EMFs and health issues is possible, others don't. And scientists interpret the data differently.
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How strong are different magnetic fields?
Those surrounding cellphones and their towers, power lines and Wi-Fi are often relatively weak.
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Wi-Fi rides to wireless networks' rescue
Nearly three years after Apple introduced the game-changing iPhone, wireless operators around the globe are feeling the effects of the wireless data tsunami that is well under way. Even networks that don't support the iPhone are feeling the pinch as a generation of new wireless devices offering bandwidth-hungry Web applications are hitting networks.
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FCC May Pay Broadcasters for Airwaves
To relieve the strain on mobile networks caused by smartphones, the agency is considering a plan to pay broadcasters to vacate some of their airwaves
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