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While we feel that some objects shouldn't be solar powered for the sake of being solar powered, we can't help but dig Nextar's approach here.

Before he steps down as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin Martin still hopes to win approval for his plan to auction off a slice of the airwaves for a free nationwide wireless broadband ...

Okay, here’s my own In/Out list:

RadioWorld has a nice piece called 2008: The Year in Rearview.

Finally, there’s one thing I wish I could put on this year’s In/Out list, but I can’t, not yet at least. It’s an idea inspired by my longtime friend and colleague Jay Allison in his introduction to the book “This I Believe II,” and with which I agree. In our list lingo, it would read, OUT: Talk radio fear-mongering; IN: Talk radio thoughtfulness.

NextWave Wireless Inc. offloaded a majority stake of its subsidiary IPWireless Inc.

Industry leaders showcase their latest UWB and WUSB applications based on WiMedia Alliance’s Ultra Wideband Platform at CES in Las Vegas. Visit the community members to see the latest consumer products using UWB technology. (via Press Release from WiMedia Alliance - December 31, 2008) San Ramon, California Who: WiMedia Alliance member companies When: Consumer Electronics Show (CES), January [...]

China is starting a long-delayed introduction of third-generation mobile phone service, setting off a politically charged scramble by foreign and Chinese equipment makers for up to $41 billion in orders.

Chinese sales could be crucial for suppliers such as Motorola Inc., Alcatel-Lucent SA and Nokia-Siemens Networks as global demand slumps. State media say the largest Chinese carrier, China Mobile, expects to sign up 100 million 3G subscribers -- more than most nations' entire mobile markets -- in the next three years.

But how much business the international equipment makers can get depends in part on whether regulators try to boost China's high-tech industry by ordering wireless carriers to buy domestic products. Beijing has tried to use such restrictions to nurture other fields, prompting complaints by the United States and other trading partners.

The leading domestic competitors are Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Ltd., ambitious upstarts with government support that already sell low-cost gear in Africa and Asia and are improving their technology.

Foreigners are likely to get less than half of China's 3G orders, said Duncan Clark, chairman of BDA China Ltd., a Beijing consulting firm.

"It's basically an intensely political process," Clark said.

The United States and European Union say they are closely watching how the telecom suppliers are picked. Washington and the EU are pressing Beijing to abide by World Trade Organization promises to treat foreign and domestic companies equally.

Even though the wireless carriers are state-owned, Chinese companies sometimes resist regulators' orders to do things that hurt profits. It is unclear whether the carriers consider Chinese equipment good enough to support complex 3G services that will form the core of their future business.

Christmas week is an appropriate time to write about a district here called Ameriyah.

Nuance Communications, Inc. today announced that it has extended its previously announced offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Zi Corporation for US$0.40 per share in cash to 5:00 p.m. on ...

With every tick of the clock, 2008 is taking its final steps toward 2009, when the year starts afresh.