TV Stations Agree to Sell Enough Spectrum to Meet F.C.C.’s Goal - The New York Times

Spectrum gets mainstream media attention ... Fails to adequately describe why anyone should care or why it might matter to actual people. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/technology/tv-stations-agree-to-sell-enough-spectrum-to-meet-fccs-goal.html

Monotasking Gets a Makeover - The New York Times

Worth remembering that doing more can result in getting less accomplished.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/fashion/monotasking-drop-everything-and-read-this-story.html?ref=business

Revealed: The revolving door between Google and the US govt – in pictures • The Register

Not directly TMT-related, but hella interesting

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/29/google_transparency_project/

Industry Tweets Reactions to FCC’s 126 MHz Incentive Auction Clearing Target

http://www.wirelessweek.com/blog/2016/04/industry-reacts-fccs-126-mhz-incentive-auction-clearing-target

Sprint Gains More than $3B in Liquidity from Lease-Back, Bridge Financing Deals

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/04/sprint-gains-more-3b-liquidity-lease-back-bridge-financing-deals

American Tower attributes record profits to user demands for wireless bandwidth

http://www.americantower.com/corporateus/investor-relations/press-releases/news-item.htm?id=2163288

FCC moves forward with special access reforms, marking a win for T-Mobile and Sprint - Bif implications for 5G bandwidth demands

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-moves-forward-special-access-reforms-marking-win-t-mobile-and-sprint/2016-04-29

Thanks to the incentive auction, it's possible for a new wireless carrier to launch in the U.S.

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/thanks-incentive-auction-its-possible-new-wireless-carrier-launch-us/2016-04-29

T-Mobile, Comcast, tower firms could benefit from auction's spectrum scope, but challenges remain

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobile-comcast-tower-firms-could-benefit-auctions-spectrum-scope-challeng/2016-04-29

FCC clears maximum amount of 126 MHz of spectrum for 600 MHz incentive auction - FierceWireless

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-clears-maximum-amount-126-mhz-spectrum-600-mhz-incentive-auction/2016-04-29

Army wants 4G LTE for warfighter network -- Gonna need more bandwidth

https://gcn.com/articles/2016/01/22/win-t-4g-lte.aspx?admgarea=TC_Mobile&m=2

Intel CEO's Manifesto Details future based on a high-wireless bandwidth Strategy, FPGAs

http://www.informationweek.com/cloud/intel-ceos-manifesto-details-cloud-iot-strategy/d/d-id/1325284

Verizon data breach report reveals phishing, ransomware issues jumped in 2016 - FierceTelecom

http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/verizon-data-breach-report-reveals-phishing-ransomware-issues-jumped-2016/2016-04-27

Comcast eyes 5G in a big way

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/comcast-we-can-make-5g-work/2016-04-27

Report: Xiaomi to Take On Qualcomm, Samsung with Budget Processor

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/04/report-xiaomi-take-qualcomm-samsung-budget-processor

Google, Uber, Ford Form Self-Driving Car Coalition - InformationWeek

http://www.informationweek.com/it-life/google-uber-ford-form-self-driving-car-coalition/d/d-id/1325268?

T-Mobile's 'blow-out:' 2.2M new customers and 10.6% revenue growth in Q1

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-mobiles-blow-out-22m-new-customers-and-106-revenue-growth-q1/2016-04-26

Apple's iPhone sales sink for the first time ever last quarter

http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/26/technology/apple-earnings/index.html

Most analysts say markets are saturated for mobile phones and may not accelerate until 5G is ready.

We're Gonna Need A Bigger Wireless Pipe: Regulators Approve Charter Communications Deal - with a bandwidth catch

No data caps for at least 7 years. With video streaming going wireless, that means they are going to need bandwidth multipliers ... and fast!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/technology/charter-time-warner-cable-bright-house-cable-deal.html

Nokia gadgets are coming back | good background

http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/26/11507344/nokia-gadgets-are-coming-back

Nokia enters the digital health realm with $192 million acquisition of France's Withings

http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/26/nokia-enters-the-digital-health-realm-with-acquisition-of-frances-withings/

UK somewhat behind the curve ... EE announces major investment to achieve 95% 4G geographical coverage by 2020

Plenty of life left in 4G globally

http://telecoms.com/471991/ee-announces-major-investment-to-achieve-95-4g-geographical-coverage-by-2020/

Bristol's 5G wireless research claims world record in spectrum efficiency

http://phys.org/news/2016-04-bristol-5g-wireless-showcased.html

Verizon earnings meet estimates as strike expected to hurt current quarter | Business | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/apr/21/verizon-strike-quarterly-earnings

AT&T debuts 'Drum Set' antenna at Coachella - FierceWirelessTech

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/att-debuts-drum-set-antenna-coachella/2016-04-25

Verizon, Samsung, Qualcomm among those pushing for increased base station power levels for 5G

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/verizon-samsung-qualcomm-among-those-pushing-increased-base-station-power-l/2016-04-22

Thomas Might on Cable One's transformation and how much time it has left in the video business

http://www.fiercecable.com/special-reports/thomas-might-cable-ones-transformation-and-how-much-time-it-has-left-video

Arizona cable operator Cable One willing to follow larger MSOs into the wireless business - FierceWireless

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/arizona-cable-operator-cable-one-willing-follow-larger-msos-wireless-busine/2016-04-25

Market saturation ... Newer iPhones not selling as well as last year's flagships - FierceWireless

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/report-newer-iphones-not-selling-well-last-years-flagships/2016-04-25

ACCO raises $35 million to accelerate growth of RF front-end mobile technology | 2016-04-25 | Microwave Journal

http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/26337-acco-raises-35-million-to-accelerate-growth-of-rf-front-end-mobile-technology

Paving The Way For 5G Realization and mmWave Communication Systems |Microwave Journal

http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/26255-paving-the-way-for-5g-realization-and-mmwave-communication-systems

AT&T announces deal with Globecomm to offer satellite fallback for IoT customers - FierceWireless

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/att-announces-deal-globecomm-offer-satellite-fallback-iot-customers/2016-04-25

Nokia: 5G is looming, but network innovations are needed far more urgently • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/18/5g_is_looming_but_network_innovations_are_needed_far_more_urgently/

Verizon: We're sick of waiting for the FCC, so here's our 'net neutrality'

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/21/verizon_net_neutrality_pitch/

Gogo plans to upgrade satellite modems to improve speed, after public spat with American Airlines

Satellite modems are the weak link in all airline WiFi offerings. It's a bandwidth thing.

http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/29/after-public-spat-with-american-airlines-gogo-reveals-plans-to-upgrade-its-satellite-modems/

Airlines say they view in-flight Wi-Fi as a 'huge competitive advantage' | VentureBeat | Business | by Christina Farr

Inside Gogo's airborne lab for testing in-flight Wi-Fi | VentureBeat | OffBeat | by Paul Sawers

http://venturebeat.com/2016/04/23/inside-gogos-airborne-lab-for-testing-in-flight-wi-fi/

NOTE: VentureBeat can be a pain in the glutes with its pop-up ads. However, when one pops up, just click or tap anywhere else on the screen to get right to the article.

Case Study: How a 2-Second Improvement in Page Load Time More Than Doubled Conversions | Radware Blog

Significant related to bandwidth and impatient consumers

http://blog.radware.com/applicationdelivery/applicationaccelerationoptimization/2013/05/case-study-page-load-time-conversions/

NTIA: Mobile-only home internet users doubles to 20% of all Americans in 2015 - FierceWireless

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/ntia-mobile-only-home-internet-users-doubles-20-all-americans-2015/2016-04-19

IEEE Xplore Abstract (Authors) - Pushing the Limits of LTE: A Survey on Research Enhancing the Standard

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/abstractAuthors.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6514821&queryText%3DPushing+the+Limits+of+LTE

IEEE Xplore Abstract - Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work!

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6515173

NI announces world’s first mmWave software defined radio to help speed 5G research | 2016-04-21 | Microwave Journal

http://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/26321-ni-announces-worlds-first-mmwave-software-defined-radio-to-help-speed-5g-research

IDT Backs WiGig Chip Vendor | EE Times

$20 million in series C funding

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329526&

Qualcomm Posts Strong Results, Inks Licensing Deals | EE Times

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1329508&

These Software Trends Will Influence IoT Strategies | IoT content from Electronic Design

http://m.electronicdesign.com/iot/these-software-trends-will-influence-iot-strategies

Ericsson's Profits Rise 49 Percent, But Sales Down

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/04/ericssons-profits-rise-49-percent-sales-down

Pacific Crest Lowers Verizon, AT&T Revenue Estimates on Slow Upgrades

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/04/pacific-crest-lowers-verizon-t-revenue-estimates-slow-upgrades

Verizon Doubles Down on 2017 Deployment of 5G

http://www.wirelessweek.com/news/2016/04/verizon-doubles-down-2017-deployment-5g

Verizon emphasizes cost cuts amid fairly solid Q1 earnings, revenues of $22B

http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-emphasizes-cost-cuts-amid-fairly-solid-q1-earnings-revenues-22b/2016-04-21

Analysts: Wi-Fi is ready for prime time at 60 GHz - FierceWirelessTech

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/analysts-wi-fi-ready-prime-time-60-ghz/2016-04-20

Republic Wireless develops bonded calling technology to improve Wi-Fi call quality - FierceWirelessTech

Points out some of the problems with off-loading cell traffic to WiFi

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/republic-wireless-develops-bonded-calling-technology-improve-wi-fi-call-qua/2016-04-21

Verizon's Shammo: 5G pilot in 2017 is all about fixed wireless, not mobility - FierceWirelessTech

http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/verizons-shammo-5g-pilot-2017-all-about-fixed-wireless-not-mobility/2016-04-21

Case Study: How a 2-Second Improvement in Page Load Time More Than Doubled Conversions | Radware Blog

 http://blog.radware.com/applicationdelivery/applicationaccelerationoptimization/2013/05/case-study-page-load-time-conversions/