First Certified White Space Radio
Posted on January 6, 2012
Today’s sixteen minute audio interview is with William Koos, Jr. who is the Chief Executive Officer of KTS Wireless. For the past 30 years his company has been a specialty-maker of high performance radios for both military and commercial markets. Presently, KTS produces the only TV Band White Space transceiver certified by the Federal Communications Commission.
“Billy” discusses the earlier trials that KTS did with White Spaces under experimental licenses. He also shares his thoughts regarding how the White Spaces market will evolve in both the United States and abroad.
Download 16-minute audio interview to iPod, iPhone, and iPad here.
One of his conclusions is that municipal Wi-Fi markets will benefit considerably from TV Band White Spaces. He reasons that the FCC envisions White Space technology as encompassing the best of both licensed and unlicensed networks. While they will be able to provide the interference protection of licensed networks they simultaneously offer the innovative free-market access characteristic of licensed-exempt networks. Read more…
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Future Unlicensed Wireless Networks
Posted on December 23, 2011
Today’s nineteen minute audio interview is with Lior Shemesh who is the Chief Financial Officer of Israel-based Alvarion. His company is a maker of WiMax and WiFi equipment.
Future unlicensed wireless Internet access networks will use a variety of standards to provide large zones of coverage. Such standards will include WiMax, WiFi, and White Spaces. As users, we won’t know, or care, which standard is being used. All we’ll care about is how well and how fast we are connected wirelessly to the Internet within a wireless coverage zone.
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Wi-Max discussions can be confusing because there are two standards. Read more…
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Three Radical Predictions
Posted on September 27, 2010
First, consumers will demand unlimited Internet access at their TVs.
Second, sponsors will refuse to pay for video ads and TV commercials that don’t get watched.
Third, ad hoc WiFi networks will provide cellular bypass and become crucial advertising properties for local merchants.
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Most experts mistakenly believe consumers will want Internet access on their TVs mainly to choose among popular movies and TV shows. That’s what Apple surveys conclude and traditional media executives find it convenient to agree. However, such results ignore that the vast majority of survey respondents haven’t experienced unrestricted Internet TV access. Therefore they do not yet fully appreciate what other activities and programs might interest them. Read more…
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Now WiFi Networks Can Make Money
Posted on July 21, 2010
If you want to learn how your company can profit from potentially explosive growth for commercial WiFi networks, this video is for you.
Our eight minute PowerPoint explains the triggering factors, sizeable potential, and enough concrete information to get your company started.
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First, AT&T Wireless’ decision to impose usage-sensitive data pricing on the iPad and iPhone will cause subscribers to seek WiFi hotspots. Read more…
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Profiting from AT&T’s Retreat
Posted on July 18, 2010
Compelling research from AT&T Labs strongly implies that AT&T Wireless’ adoption of usage-sensitive Internet pricing for iPhones and iPads will seriously curtail per-subscriber growth of data usage. Most competitors are expected to follow suit, even after deploying 4G networks. Consequently the per-subscriber growth for the entire Wireless Internet will slow dramatically unless cellular bypass alternatives or other solutions materialize.
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Our July, 2010 Mobile Bandwidth Crisis research report identifies alternatives and explains implementation. For example, in an earlier post we discussed how ad-supported WiFi networks could successfully bypass cellular congestion. Furthermore, we noted that iPhone-4 features such as FaceTime video calling– prohibited on AT&T cellular — combined with the expected popularity of media streaming on the iPad will lead owners of such units to seek out WiFi alternatives. Such networks could grow rapidly and earn exceptional profits. Read more…
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Five Catalysts for Internet TV - This Year!
Posted on March 19, 2009
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If you would like to learn about the five catalysts driving Internet-Video-to-the-TV adoption in 2009, this video is for you.
First Catalyst. The abundance of connection sockets in flat-panel televisions enables a multitude of devices to connect to the TV. Many such units also connect to the Internet. The surprise leader is the laptop computer which has on-board WiFi and is dropping so rapidly in price that it is a more economical selection than many appliances targeted at “Over-the-Top” Video. Given a remote mouse and keyboard the consumer gets a lean-back viewing experience 15 – 20 feet distant from the TV screen. Read more…
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Browser-Centric TV Sets
Posted on March 2, 2009
If you would like to learn about a company that makes browser-centric semiconductor chips enabling televisions to visit any Website and display any Internet Video, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Gordie Campbell who is the CEO of Personal Web Systems. During a 30-year career he pioneered many technological innovations including the first Ethernet chip, the first electronically erasable microcomputer, the first PC-on-a-chip, and the invention of the chipset upon which today’s PCs are based. Read more…
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The iDeal iPod
Posted on February 26, 2009
Suppose the iPod Touch had a fully functioning browser along with Bluetooth connectivity.
Such a device could connect to a flat-panel TV and display HD video on the TV screen. The on-board WiFi of the Touch would connect to the home network and thence to the Internet. Thus users could watch any Internet Video instead of only those at websites providing applications at the Apps Store. Bluetooth would enable a remote keyboard and mouse to provide a lean-back viewing experience 15 – 20 feet distant from the TV screen. Read more…
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