Aloha was the biggest bidder in the lower 700 MHz auction a few years back. Later, they bought up all the lower 700 MHz spectrum from two of the other large bidders, Cavalier Wireless (2nd largest bidder) and Datacom Wireless (3rd). The only other remaining large bidder from that auction is Paul Allen's Vulcan Partners and they were 4th. So yes, now Aloha's 700MHz footprint is huge and national in scope -- not much room for them to complain!
Patrick Leary AVP WISP Markets Alvarion, Inc. o: 650.314.2628 c: 760.580.0080 Vonage: 650.641.1243 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gino Villarini Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 9:41 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: RE: [WISPA] More debate over the 700MHz spectrum.. I concur ... Aloha holds lots of 700 spectrum, under utilized ... Gino A. Villarini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:15 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] More debate over the 700MHz spectrum.. all of those companies, especially Aloha, have a lot of balls saying any such thing! Let them utilize at least 50% of what they've got before them come back to the table for more spectrum! Unlicensed is where the future is.... Marlon (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services 42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp! [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.odessaoffice.com/wireless www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 4:07 AM Subject: [WISPA] More debate over the 700MHz spectrum.. > High-tech interests come out against increased spectrum for public safety > > By Jeffrey Silva > Story posted: January 23, 2007 - 1:46 pm EDT > > Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress > to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, > a major portion of which is being sought by public safety advocates. > > "The American public wants Congress to work in a bi-partisan manner to > ensure that the most innovative communications technologies are made > available as early and widely as possible," said Jeff Connaughton, > executive director of the High Tech DTV Coalition. "Congress took a > tremendous stride towards a new communications future when it passed DTV > legislation into law last year. The High Tech DTV Coalition will continue > working to ensure that the goals of that legislation are realized, > including the February 17, 2009 transition deadline and the January 2008 > auction plans." > > The High Tech DTV Coalition wrote a letter to Capitol Hill on the issue, > and the letter was signed by cellular trade group CTIA, Qualcomm Inc., > Verizon Wireless, Aloha Partners, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems Inc., > Intel Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and others in the high-tech space. > > The letter could be the start of a broader industry campaign to counter > lobbying by Cyren Call Communications Corp. and public-safety > organizations to set aside for public safety half of the 60 megahertz in > the 700 MHz band set for auction. > > Public-safety organizations say they need an additional 30 megahertz of > spectrum to supplement 24 megahertz in the 700 MHz band already coming > their way. They propose the creation of a pubic-safety broadband trust to > oversee the construction of a nationwide, interoperable broadband wireless > network that commercial entities would build and share with first > responders. The Federal Communications Commission has proposed that half > of public safety's new 24 megahertz of spectrum be devoted to broadband > under a public-private partnership similar to that pitched by the first > responder lobby. > > The Congressional Budget Office estimates the 60 megahertz of spectrum > headed for auction could fetch $12.5 billion. Public-safety officials > lobbying Congress have proposed raising $5 billion for the U.S. Treasury > by using revenues from commercial users and through the assistance of > federal loan guarantees like those previously made available to airline, > shipping, pipelines and automotive industries. > > Hanging overhead is growing concern over practical aspects of the > transition from analog to digital TV, which is what would make the 700 MHz > spectrum available. Several House GOP lawmakers introduced legislation > yesterday to make the American public more aware of the coming changes > through better outreach by industry and the federal government. > > The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a Commerce > Department unit that advises the White House on telecom policy and manages > federal government spectrum, has the lead in educating the public. The > agency plans to dispense vouchers to subsidize the cost of > digital-to-analog converter boxes. > > Links below; > http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/FREE/70123007 /1005/FREE > http://www.thewirelessreport.com/2007/01/24/wireless-industry-doesnt-wan t-govt-messing-in-public-safety-sp/ > http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/60667-big-companies-look ing-congress-stop-public.html > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(190). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************ ************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses(43). ************************************************************************ ************ ************************************************************************************ This footnote confirms that this email message has been scanned by PineApp Mail-SeCure for the presence of malicious code, vandals & computer viruses. ************************************************************************************ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
