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Kineto Gets $15.5M for Femtocell Push

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:49:46 -0700

Kineto Wireless is like the Energizer Bunny, it just keeps going and going. Today the Milpitas, Calif.-based startup said it has raised $15.5 million in additional capital. The round, which included funding from Motorola as part of a broader commercial relationship with the handset maker’s home and networks mobility business, also involved Kineto’s existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Venrock, Seapoint Ventures and InterDigital. An earlier investment from NEC will also tie in with this round. Kineto will use the funding to keep pushing its UMA technology beyond dual-mode handsets and work on a new technology for femtocells.

Kineto’s UMA technology basically provides a software link between unlicensed wireless services, such as Wi-Fi and cellular data networks. It has been used in dual-mode handsets to bridge Wi-Fi and cellular networks, most notably in T-Mobile’s Hot Spot@Home product, and now the company is trying to land it a starring big role in the 3G and 4G femtocell markets. Femtocells, which are personal cellular base stations hooked into a consumer’s existing broadband connection, help boost coverage inside homes and can also be used to offload some traffic from a carrier’s wireless 3G network. In 4G networks, femtocells might be used to bridge gaps in coverage.

Kineto worked with NEC to create a standard to connect femtocells to the home computing network that was based on its UMA technology. However, the companies involved in the standard-setting effort chose a different way to connect femtocells to home networks, and will publish a complete standard in early 2009. This latest round of funding should enable Kineto to support femtocell development and deployments for vendors such as NEC and Motorola as carriers and equipment makers figure out the best way to build out and support wireless broadband networks.

Motorola e398

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:18:58 -0700

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Motorola E375

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:18:58 -0700

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Motorola e398

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:18:56 -0700

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Motorola E375

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:18:56 -0700

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Motorola e398

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:18:55 -0700

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Motorola E375

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:18:55 -0700

This model is reported not to be supported.

Motorola Building Up 350-Person Android Team. Nokia Also Sniffing Around.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:19:32 -0700

The iPhone may be the only game in town for serious mobile Web developers right now, but that won’t last long. Next year, the iPhone will see some serious competition from Google’s Android platform. Of course, T-Mobile will start selling the first Android phone, the G1 made by HTC, on October 22. But other cell phone manufacturers are gearing up for a major Android push.

Motorola Building Up 350-Person Android Team. Nokia Also Sniffing Around.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:10:27 -0700

The most significant of these may come from Motorola. One of the original partners in the Open Handset Alliance behind the open-source mobile OS, Motorola already has 50 people on its Android team and is growing that to 350, according to an Android developer approached by a headhunter to join the team. That is a huge commitment that shows how big a bet Motorola is making on Android.

This same source has also seen people from Nokia and Verizon at a recent Android developer conference. The conference was put on by Google last week for developers who had not yet seen the G1 to help prepare them for its launch. In general, in order to be an attendee, you had to have an Android app. Neither Nokia nor Verizon are official members of the Open Handset Alliance.

Nokia recently acquired the rest of Symbian it didn’t already own, and is determined to keep that OS as long as possible, since it powers all of its S60 phones. But Nokia may have an Android team sniffing around, which is smart even if it is for nothing other than to gain competitive intelligence. And if Android takes off, Nokia could decide to hedge its bets and launch its own Android phone.

There is a certain inexorable logic behind all the interest in Android.

1. It is a more capable mobile Web computer than anything other than the iPhone.
2. It is a very appealing development environment for app creators—and just like on the PC, apps will drive adoption.
3. Most importantly, as an open-source OS, manufacturers don’t have to pay a licensing fee to whoever controls the OS. Given the razor-thin margins in the cell phone business, that alone is reason for manufacturers to embrace Android (with the exception of Nokia, which owns Symbian). But you can see why Motorola might see Android as the key to its recovery.

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Motorola W500

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:18:38 -0700

This model is reported not to be supported.

Motorola W500

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:18:38 -0700

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Motorola W500

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:18:36 -0700

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Motorola KRZR K1

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:20:39 -0700

This record was created by ManfredL..

Supported features

Phone information
Basic phonebook functions (name and phone number)

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = bluerfat
model = at

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.20.

Motorola KRZR K1

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:20:37 -0700

This record was created by ManfredL..

Supported features

Phone information
Basic phonebook functions (name and phone number)

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = bluerfat
model = at

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.20.

Motorola KRZR K1

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:20:37 -0700

This record was created by ManfredL..

Supported features

Phone information
Basic phonebook functions (name and phone number)

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = bluerfat
model = at

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.20.

Motorola K1

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:20:20 -0700

This record was created by alejandro.

Supported features

Filesystem manipulation

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = at19200
model = auto

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.13.0.

Reporter note

Report has been created using Wammu 0.22.

Motorola K1

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:20:20 -0700

This record was created by alejandro.

Supported features

Filesystem manipulation

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = at19200
model = auto

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.13.0.

Reporter note

Report has been created using Wammu 0.22.

Motorola K1

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:20:19 -0700

This record was created by alejandro.

Supported features

Filesystem manipulation

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = at19200
model = auto

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.13.0.

Reporter note

Report has been created using Wammu 0.22.

Why There Won’t Be Broadband Competition Anytime Soon

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:18:19 -0700

When it comes to the fixed-line Internet, thanks to an ineffective FCC that has failed to promote broadband competition, here in the U.S. we are stuck with a duopoly. The agency in general, and politician-in-waiting Kevin Martin in particular, would like you to believe that wireless broadband is going to be the answer, perhaps through schemes such as the D Block auction, spectrum grabs by M2Z Networks and white space initiatives. If you believe that, then you also believe that that you can walk away a winner from a game of three-card monte on a Manhattan sidewalk.

Yesterday, the FCC slashed the reserve for the D Block area of spectrum allotted for building a public safety network. Also this week, Google and M2Z networks redoubled their efforts to get regulations in place to create an alternative wireless broadband service, but the competition for wireless broadband isn’t close.

As we said in our recent story on efforts to create wireless broadband using the spectrum between digital TV channels, the devil is in the details. Through rulemaking or setting incredibly high reserves, the FCC can cripple any wireless broadband competition. That means a network could look like it might happen, but get bogged down or end up useless. Through constant delays the FCC can hamper the creation of an alternative network, as it’s doing in the case of M2Z, and did all the way back in 2003 when it waffled over approving the ATC rules that allow a satellite company to offer both terrestrial and satellite coverage. That was supposed to bring wireless broadband competition too. And it may…more than half a decade later.

Since we have three proposals going right now, I thought I’d play Cassandra and warn that the FCC can delay these things by years, price them out of reach and insert all sorts of requirements into their rules for the use of the spectrum that kills the service. I also thought we should summarize the proposals in case readers want to lay bets on which service actually gets to the market — and nationwide coverage — first.

D Block Spectrum: Yesterday the FCC said it would re-auction the 700MHz D Block spectrum. The license winners must ensure 40 percent regional coverage within four years of the license being awarded, 75 percent coverage after 10 years and over 90 percent after 15 years. After the last effort to use this spectrum failed because of its high reserve price of $1.3 billion, the FCC has cut the minimum bid for the spectrum to $750 million. Someone call Reed Hundt.

AWS-3 Spectrum: A Kleiner-backed company called M2Z Networks has asked the FCC for use of the spectrum in the 2155-2175 MHz band to create a wireless broadband service. M2Z offered the FCC 5 percent of its revenue in exchange for the spectrum. It also pledged 25 percent of its network for free broadband service at lower speeds. The company would change more for faster speeds and would build out 90 percent of its network in 10 years. It may restrict porn on the network. Carriers aren’t fans, and big issues, such as building out the $2-$3 billion network and getting devices, remain.

White Spaces: Several technology companies, including Google, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft and Dell, are pleading with the FCC to open up the spectrum between digital TV channels so they can use it to offer fast broadband that would function much like Wi-Fi. On Wednesday Google’s Larry Page called on the FCC to issue a decision on the issue by election day. The National Association of Broadcasters and wireless mic users hope to block the proposal.

SourceForge : Welcome

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:14:04 -0700

Motorola v3

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:19:48 -0700

This record was created by LanOS 6 Reality.

Supported features

Phone information
Sending and saving SMS
Basic phonebook functions (name and phone number)
Enhanced phonebook entries (eg. several numbers per entry)
Calendar entries
Todos
Filesystem manipulation
Reading and making calls
Logos
Ringtones
Multimedia messaging

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = fbus
model = auto

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.13.0.

Reporter note

Report has been created using Wammu 0.22.

Motorola v3

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:19:47 -0700

This record was created by LanOS 6 Reality.

Supported features

Phone information
Sending and saving SMS
Basic phonebook functions (name and phone number)
Enhanced phonebook entries (eg. several numbers per entry)
Calendar entries
Todos
Filesystem manipulation
Reading and making calls
Logos
Ringtones
Multimedia messaging

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = fbus
model = auto

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.13.0.

Reporter note

Report has been created using Wammu 0.22.

Motorola v3

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:19:46 -0700

This record was created by LanOS 6 Reality.

Supported features

Phone information
Sending and saving SMS
Basic phonebook functions (name and phone number)
Enhanced phonebook entries (eg. several numbers per entry)
Calendar entries
Todos
Filesystem manipulation
Reading and making calls
Logos
Ringtones
Multimedia messaging

Configuration

[gammu]
port = ENTER YOUR PORT HERE
connection = fbus
model = auto

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.13.0.

Reporter note

Report has been created using Wammu 0.22.

The Devil is in the Details in White Space Debate

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:17:45 -0700

The Wireless Innovation Alliance today is making another charge in the war between those trying to keep the unused spectrum between digital television channels clear, and those trying to use that spectrum for wireless broadband. Those so-called white spaces are the last chance for wireless broadband competition in the eyes of the Alliance and the only buffer between interference and your television channels according to the National Association of Broadcasters. Purveyors and users of wireless microphones operating in that spectrum are concerned as well.

Today at an event in Washington, members of the Alliance, including executives from Google, Motorola, Dell and Microsoft are rallying to encourage politicians and the FCC to adopt the use of white space for wireless broadband, and make sure the spectrum stays unlicensed. Gary Grube, a senior fellow at Motorola, says that recent tests prove that broadband can be delivered via the white spaces without interference, so the only issue is how the FCC will rule on it.

“The No. 1 question is, should this go the path of traditional licensed spectrum or unlicensed spectrum?” said Grube. “The technology today is capable of providing a very good experience with an unlicensed approach, and we don’t need a licensed model to control interference.”

A Dell executive compared the white spaces potential to that of another unlicensed technology — Wi-Fi. Neeraj Srivastava, director of technology policy in the office of the CTO at Dell, said white spaces broadband could be a more efficient and economical choice than Wi-Fi for creating a public broadband network. He says the technology would co-exist with cellular and WiMAX for wide area networks and Wi-Fi for in-home, campus-wide or in-office coverage. White spaces broadband has the potential to offer users tens of megabits per second and could boost rural broadband penetration, according to members of the Alliance.

However, public meetings in Washington can only do so much. Until the FCC weighs in with its rules on the spectrum and the specifics of how white spaces broadband may proceed (something expected later this year), it’s hard to say how the technology will roll out — or if it will. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has offered generic statements about making full use of spectrum, but with this sort of issue the devil is in the details.

The technical rules adopted, including whether or not the spectrum will be licensed, will determine the fate of white space services. If the power levels, which govern how loud a device and tower can shout to each other, are set very low, white-space broadband devices would be limited to a smaller range, making large area coverage more expensive. Likewise, the FCC’s decision on how much of a buffer to build between television signals and broadband signals could make it difficult to find enough channels to actually deliver the service in areas with a lot of broadcast channels. That would make the whites spaces broadband difficult to use in urban settings.

It’s possible that when it comes to using white spaces to offer a competitive wireless broadband service, proponents could win the battle of getting the FCC to approve the use of white spaces for broadband, but still lose the war when that broadband is so curtailed that it’s not usable.

Motorola V 980

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:09:03 -0700

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This model is reported not to be supported.

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.12.0.

Motorola V 980

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:09:02 -0700

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This model is reported not to be supported.

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.12.0.

Motorola V 980

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:09:02 -0700

This record was created by freienstein.

This model is reported not to be supported.

Gammu version

This report was based on experiences with Gammu 1.12.0.

Motorola A1200

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:59:18 -0700

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Motorola A1200

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:59:18 -0700

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Motorola A1200

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:59:17 -0700

This model is reported not to be supported.