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Cometa Networks
The long rumoured american wifi network from AT&T, Intel, IBM, Apax Partners and 3i.

raelity bites: Whoopie’s TiBook - celebrity spotting and publishing by Cory Doctorow with his Danger HipTop.

Fortune: Wi-Fi U.S.A.. High-speed wireless Internet access isn’t just for the latte sippers at Starbucks anymore. Big business has discovered that it can pay off.

The new Dell PDA. The device that will drive the pda market?

Dan Bricklin: Tablet PC: First Impressions. Listen closely when a digital pioneer, who also was involved in the first wave of pen computing, shares his views…

Sprint launches flat rate pricing for 3G. “$85 for data in combination with 1,250 voice minutes”. “From a business perspective [flat rates for data] is a damn bad idea. If they get tons of customers and tons of traffic because of the flat rate they won’t have the capacity. It is lethal. It’s a suicide course,” said John Strand, CEO of Strand Consult, based in London.
Great news concerning getting telco’s to understand the big picture - but why’ do we now need to hear from our lovely danish analyst friend Mr. Strand in Infoworld?

Kevin Werbach: Open Spectrum: The New Wireless Paradigm (PDF) [via boingboing]

Economist | Mobile telecoms: Time for plan B

USS Clueless - GSM 3G. Interesting view on gsm/3g vs. the american standards…

The Battle for Wireless Data: Can Wi-Fi overtake the mighty 3G in the race for consumers’ hearts and minds?
A good balanced reasoned view on the future of mobile data - ie. 3g vs. wifi.