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February NewsWeekly >>

AskCALEA NewsWeekly February 3, 2012

• 5 Hot Technology Policy Agenda Items You Need to Watch
  From providing more spectrum space for wireless providers to battling online piracy to creating cybersecurity policy to protecting intellectual property, expect things to heat up in Washington this year. So pour yourself a cup of coffee and read on to learn how lawmakers will impact the tech world in the year ahead.
• The Facts (Again) Prove the Wireless Ecosystem is Robustly Competitive
  In our initial comments to the FCC on the state of wireless competition for their latest report, we provided a huge amount of data from trusted third-party organizations and our semi-annual survey that showed the competition that exists in the wireless ecosystem benefits consumers. For a recap of our initial comments to the FCC, read our post in December.
• LTE-Advanced is the future, but no rocket ship
  The 4G network standards approved last week by the ITU may improve the mobile data experience soon, even if consumers don't actually see the 100M bps mobile speed for which they were designed.
• 4G IMT Advanced, LTE, WiMAX vs 3G Speed Executive Summary
  Will the REAL 4G please come to the party? In a sense it just did, as the United Nations' ITU (International Telecommunications Union) approved and introduced our virtual 4G guest, also known as the IMT-Advanced specification (International Mobile Telecommunications-Advanced).
• What Comes After 4G?
  Wait wait wait, we're talking about 5G mobile data now?! Ugh, but we just got 4G squared away.
• Is AT&T jockeying for Dish's wireless spectrum?
  AT&T appears to be laying groundwork for a potential deal with Dish Network to get its hands on the satellite provider's newly acquired wireless spectrum.
• RIM-hosted BlackBerry services for Office 365 now generally available
  Summary: The RIM-hosted replacement for Microsoft's BlackBerry Enterprise Service is now generally available to Office 365 customers.
• Q&A: Only Ten Days Left to Keep Jailbreaking Legal
  In less than two weeks, jailbreaking your phone, your tablet, or gaming console could become a crime. If the exemption to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act expires, what you do to your devices will again be covered under copyright law.
• How to keep your face out of LinkedIn ads
  Summary: After all this talk about Google's new privacy policy and Facebook's Timeline, people are now waking up to the fact that LinkedIn too may be making use of your information in ways you don't want.
• How to prevent Google from tracking you
  Much has been made of Google's new privacy policy, which takes effect March 1. If you're concerned about Google misusing your personal information or sharing too much of it with advertisers and others, there are plenty of ways to thwart Web trackers.
• The 20 best apps for the iPad
  Takeaway: The iPad has its limits, but it's really good at a few basic functions. Here are 20 useful apps that play to the iPad's strengths.