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I suppose NGD delays Blackwater and pushes forward with Rainy River
"they had some pretty hefty fines going on for a while"
from 2005
http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/fcc-e911-violation-fines.asp
According to Mark Wigfield, Press contact, FCC Wireline Competition Bureau, here are the FCC fines for e911 violations.
For common carriers, the Commission may impose $130,000 per violation or per day of a continuing violation to a maximum of $1.325 million for a continuing violation.
For cable operators, the Commission may impose $32,500 per violation or per day of a continuing violation to a maximum of $325,000 for a continuing violation.
For non-cable operators, non-common carriers, the Commission may impose $11,000 per violation or per day of a continuing violation to a maximum of $97,500 for a continuing violation.
Hmmm, the big boy carriers get the sitffest fine, followed by a smaller fine for their arch-rival cable companies (which are generally smaller). The fines slide a bit further down for non-carrier and non-cable operators, such as Vonage, Packet8, etc. My take - the bigger/larger of a VoIP player you are, the bigger the fine per violation. (Good thing they don't "scale" speeding fines by how big your car engine is. With a near 500cc, 450HP engine Viper I'd be bankrupt!)
According to Mark Wigfield, "The total amount can vary depending on whether the Commission decides there are multiple violations, and the Commission has some discretion to do that (i.e., perhaps one could argue that each customer that does not receive E911 from a provider represents a separate violation by the provider rather than viewing the provider's general failure to provide E911 capability as one violation)."
Well there's a vague answer! "...perhaps one could argue"? You mean to tell me the FCC doesn't even know what is considered a single violation? I always thought laws were black & white? Well, they should be anyway.
Here's a hypothetical. What if for some reason some area of the country's e911 fails and word leaks out to the media. Then as a prank, a bunch of teenagers or other pranksters decide to dial 911 on their home e911 number knowing that it won't go through but will result in a huge fine to the VoIP provider. I will assume the FCC made provisions to only find for "actual" real 911 calls, but you catch my drift. There may be many "grey areas" to these new FCC e911 regulations. Should be interesting to see who the first VoIP e911 violator is. Place your bets now.
ZTE deal with Reliance at 7% royalty rate?
bio of author is rather impressive
http://www.jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/company:analyst/jup/id=4635/
Sharon Armbrust joined Kagan Research in 1979 serving as senior analyst across multiple media and telecom sectors, authoring a number of Kagan books covering investments in emerging technologies, as well as holding various management posts with the firm, including COO (2001-03). She has continued to be an essential cog of the Kagan Consulting Services Team providing the firm with a worldwide perspective after relocating to Europe in 2003.
Today, Ms. Armbrust is Kagan's senior consultant specializing in wired/wireless telecommunications and converging digital media platforms. With a special focus on strategic developments and valuations of competing distribution networks, she provides appraisals, business plans and legal testimony for Kagan's wired/wireless telecom and cable TV clients. Ms. Armbrust serves as moderator at Kagan events such as the Kagan Digital Media Summit and has been a long-time moderator of past Kagan events.
[Education: M.A., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, and B.A., University of Michigan].
*was happy to shoot a 78 today after all of that*
what about the back nine?
ba dump bump
looks like same data card to be used by Cingular
http://www.mobiletracker.net/archives/2006/02/13/tri-band-HSDPA-3G-UMTS
and Bouygues Telecom
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=LVRJTLS.story&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2006/0004....
and T Mobile likes it a Cebit
http://hsdpa-coverage.com/option-globetrotter-gt-max.htm
T-Mobile Empowers Mobile Users at CeBIT With Option's Globetrotter GT MAX
LEUVEN, Belgium, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, today announced that T-Mobile has selected the GlobeTrotter GT MAX to extend its range of wireless HSDPA data solutions. The GlobeTrotter GT MAX will be marketed under the "web'n'walk Card Compact" brand and will be demonstrated at CeBIT 2006 (Hannover, 9 - 15 March 2006) on the stand of Deutsche Telekom (Hall 26, Stand A 01).
Jan Callewaert, CEO at Option: "The innovative form factor of our GT MAX is catching on within the operator community. Product design is becoming instrumental in getting the edge over competing products. A well designed product finds itself on higher ground. I am very pleased to see our long-term partnership with T-Mobile going strong."
thanks
I was the confused one!
I am a recent new shareholder for IDCC and was pleased to see the performance of the company.
Can you help me understand the increase in long term deferred revenue outlined in the press release? Is this how the company accounts for the long tern employee stock mentioned by management in the Q&A session?
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
--------------------------------------
Current portion of long-term debt $350 $375
Accounts payable & accrued liabilities 38,100 30,129
Current deferred revenue 73,690 20,055
Long-term deferred revenue 213,178 71,193
Long-term debt & long-term liabilities 4,148 3,496
---------- ----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES 329,473 125,223
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 201,837 174,314
---------- ----------
TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $531,310 $299,537
thanks DR
cha-ching rhymes with sch-wing
I was concerned about whether KTF was closing down CDMA service a la Telstra vs running two networks a la Unicom...at least both would be royalty bearing in this case.
Do you know KTF intentions in this regard
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=10949502
no link provided from this IDCC poster
when do we get unhalted?
thanks DR, Jeffrey and IceRich
agreed Qualcomm would sign manufacturers not operators
Flextronics a good guess as they are contract manufacturers
thank Rich
I appreciate it
It will takes years and years but Dorothy told me there's no place like home
"How secure is your computer?"
I lost 2 during Katrina...one to looters in my house, second to employee who never returned...until yesterday believe it or not with computer and apology in hand
"signed OFDM/OFDMA royalty bearing license with one of the existing licensees"
Hello DataRox
Do happen to know if Flarion had other licensees that Q inherited before the acquisition?
Any speculation of whom this latest licensee might be?
IMO, best case scenario but unlikely is that this is Sprint casting their 4G lot.
Jim
Are you skippin outta church to do that chart?
Tsk, tsk
Happy Easter
I am thinking that Major League Baseball would not allow live programming with out a license...might still be in the cards
DR (and Jim)
you mean the best if yet to come?
(Won't it be fine?)
I reminded myself the Option globe trotter card uses a Q MSM 6280
http://3gnewsroom.com/3g_news/jan_06/news_6545.shtml
Qualcomm lead in HSDPA bodes well for the new networks listed
Dozens other network operators worldwide - including Belgacom Mobile, China Mobile, Hutchison 3G, KTF in South Korea, Rogers Wireless, SK Telecom and T-Mobile International - have announced that they have HSDPA deployment projects under way.
Eric
I just returned from Kohler and played blackwolf run two courses the Riverlands and the meadows. It was major difficult. Saw Whistling Straights...too expensive for me to play...it seems a 12 on a gnarly scale between 1-10.
My scores I will not be able to post publically.
Voop
<After failing to ensure a wholesale offer from Eurotel, T-Mobile launched an appeal to the EC with a request to re-examine whether the CTU ruling was discriminatory and whether it would create a monopoly for Eurotel to offer high-speed mobile Internet service via CDMA.
"We want to make sure that there is regular competition in the CDMA sector and that each carrier enjoys equal opportunities," T-Mobile spokesman Jan Hajek said. "The telecom industry is a backbone of the economy and it cannot [have] monopolies."
Hajek said the reason the company chose to launch an appeal directly to the EC without submitting an appeal to the country's Anti-Monopoly Office (ÚOHS) was a result of T-Mobile's effort to reach a quick resolution to the situation.>
Man what Chutpah after the GSM block out ....cheezum!
so Hutchinson buys phones from NEC, Motorola and now maybe Sony-Erickson. Where are the phones from Nokia, the self proclaimed leader in 3G? Aren't there any discussions about their phone or is it still in some Finnish pocket?
Maybe their fourth vendor will be a Korean company or a Japanese one with a 6200 MSM chip.
Voop
"Voice is still the killer app. If all the carrier offers is TDMA, and it is only doing voice communications, this type of phone is what the customers need," said Nokia spokesperson Keith Nowak
Sounds like those GAIT phones are not progressing too well?
Voop