the Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Clear reception You may have long ago thrown out your outmoded 2G “dumbphone” to keep up with the times, but keep in mind that roughly 1 billion phone owners worldwide still rely on them. But how does one make a dumbphone viable in 2012? You can start with a cellphone base station that can fit in the palm of your hand. Cambridge Consultants, an international research and development outfit, has designed the Sidewinder , a miniature 2G base station that runs a complete, low-power GSM network on a single circuit board.
Department of Commerce China's Solar Industry Is Bankrupt The goal of any business is to sell goods or services for more than it costs to produce said goods and services. If you can't sell goods or services for more than their cost you no longer have a viable business. It should now be clear that Chinese solar companies are no longer viable businesses as they're currently constructed. Not only are margins so low that it would be tough to make a profit, they all have debt that makes them less competitive than healthier suppliers. The straw that broke the camel's back I've been negative on Chinese solar for quite a while, but I've generally kept my strongly negative opinions limited to those with so much debt that it's unlikely they could ever compete. LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK ) is an easy target and even Suntech Power (NYSE: STP ) and Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE ) have terrible balance sheets.
UAVs: Flying Cell Towers Until recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were strictly used for military and defense applications, but that is quickly changing. The FAA re-authorization bill paves the way for UAVs to venture into commercial U.S. airspace. Among other things, they are becoming flying cell sites. Bouncing a signal off a UAV can extend the range of a handheld radios more than 100 miles. With the development of small cells, and internationally approved operating frequencies near 5 GHz, flying cell towers may be coming to a city near you.
Q&A with Tom Blaxland of Comcast on the future of TV. - Philadelphia Business Journal Tom Blaxland is the senior director, product management, for Xfinity TV for Comcast’s Cable Communications unit. He says Comcast's latest TV innovation, X1, is available in several major markets already and will be coming to Philadelphia in a few weeks. Edited by Peter Key, Special to the Business Journal City school police cast vote of 'no confidence' in chief Members of the Baltimore school police union cast a vote of "no confidence" in their police chief last month, pointing to what they said was his lack of responsiveness to their concerns, union leaders announced Thursday. In a letter addressed to city schools CEO Andrés Alonso, Sgt. Clyde E.