The Register - Comms: WirelessBiting the hand that feeds ITSecret bidder delivers 'open access' to US airwaves- January 31, 2008 And Eric Schmidt will die in 2039 As the US Federal Communications Commission auctions off the coveted 700-MHz "C Block" - a prime portion of the American airwaves - bidding has topped $4.6bn. And that's a key number.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/31/700mhz_band_will_be_open/ Qualcomm and Intel go head-to-head in mobile internet devices- January 15, 2008 Killer phones or kill-a-phone The convergence of PC and cellphone architectures has brought Intel and Qualcomm increasingly into conflict, and at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, both showed prototypes of their platforms for next generation mobile devices.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/15/qualcomm_vs_intel_mobile_i... Dublin's free Wi-Fi falls foul of competition law- January 11, 2008 Private companies only Dublin has abandoned its plan to blanket the city with free Wi-Fi as it thinks it might breach EU law on state aid, and they haven't got the 27m it's going to cost anyway.http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/11/dublin_pulls_free_wi_fi/ US mobile hero Frontline Wireless goes titsup- January 8, 2008 Only Google can save the airwaves Frontline Wireless, the uber-startup that was poised to lay down a bid for a prime portion of the US wireless spectrum, now says it's "closed for business".http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/frontline_wireless_shuts_s... |