Feed Editor 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT The Wireless Infrastructure Association's PCIA NewsWeekly provides industry-specific news and information to leading professionals in the wireless infrastructure marketplace. Delivered weekly, the publication keeps professionals informed of topics that impact their business. http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/pcia/rss.xml en The Obama administration is seeking to nearly double the wireless communications spectrum available for commercial use over the next 10 years, an effort that could greatly enhance the ability of consumers to send and receive video and data with smartphones and other hand-held devices. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7c3ed66e7 1 Richmond, Va., Salt Lake City, and St. Louis are the latest cities to receive 4G wireless service from Sprint/Clearwire, a provider of wireless broadband for businesses and consumers, the companies announced. The Clear service uses WiMax and provides Internet download speeds four times faster than 3G. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7c5e51a44 2 Sprint said that it will carry the latest Android phone, the Samsung Epic. Beleaguered Sprint has been taking a dual-pronged approach to stemming the flood of subscribers lost over the past few years by betting heavily on Android and its WiMAX fourth-generation wireless network. But can the launch of more 4G Android handsets in the next few months win it enough subscribers before Verizon's Droid line-up gets access to the coming Verizon 4G network? 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7c84c45b9 3 Long Term Evolution or LTE, a next-generation 3G technology that uses ODFMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) access technology in the air interface, is making waves in the cellular industry. The all-new 3GPP standard not only promises to unify UMTS and CDMA2000 but to also deliver on throughput, latency and jitter metrics comparable to wired broadband networks. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7ca5e1a27 4 The shift to next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) will boost carriers' needs for indoor coverage solutions, according to distributed antenna systems (DAS) specialist ExteNet Systems Inc. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7cbe61214 5 Service providers needing to protect fiber splices over longhaul, metro, local-access and fiber-to-the-premise feeder and distribution networks now have a new solution. The Fiber Dome Closure FDC 12S and Fiber Dome Closure 08M from 3M Communication Markets Division capitalizes on the company's core strength of environmental and mechanical protection products with more than 40 years in the telecommunications industry. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2ba1ac2bf3b 6 Ericsson said it completed its $242 million acquisition of Nortel Networks' stake in Nortel's networking joint venture with LG Electronics, LG-Nortel. The close of the deal, which was initially announced in April, cements Ericsson's position as the leading beneficiary of Nortel's decision to sell off its assets rather than restructure in bankruptcy. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7cd9d8e44 7 Verizon's been rather vague about their LTE wireless broadband launch plans, only going so far as to say they'll launch the 5-12 Mbps service in an un-named 25-30 cities before the end of the year. 1 Jul 2010 08:27:07 CDT http://multibriefs.com/ViewLink.php?i=4c2b7cfd1f954 8