FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has expanded from four to six the principles of freedom associated with Net Neutrality. Now however these principles are now going to be codified into regulatory rules. So the question has to be asked can the concept of Open be governed. Join us as we look at how these principles will be incorporated into policy. What companies, services and devices will be subject to these rules. And discuss if the jurisdiction of the FCC has to be modified to enable these princi… Continue

There is much to hear these days that the latest developments in the LTE technology will leave behind WiMAX. In a broader perspective, the situation is different. Although the WiMAX vendor community has been pushing the notion that 2009 is the year of WiMAX, the recession coupled with an aggressive push towards mobile broadband’s LTE (long term evolution) could put the technology’s wider uptake in jeopardy. Nortel, for instance, has left the WiMAX market and Alcatel-Lucent has diverted R&D s… Continue

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WorldCall has started EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) service from Karachi. The solution uses a USB modem (or a wireless router - if thats what you prefer) and enables wireless broadband services for laptops. This is being offered at very competitive rates by WordCall.

Mobilink, an Orascom Telecom Company, has selected Motorola to deploy a WiMAX 802.16e-2005 access network in Pakistan. According to the agreement, Motorola will design, plan, deploy, and optimize a WiMAX network for Mobilink. Motorola will also enable quicker adoption of the operator’s WiMAX offering by providing integration and support services as well as indoor and outdoor CPE (customer premises equipment).