This looks like more of a "Satellite WiMax", e.g. Internet over Satellite and Cell Towers. Interesting patent.

I am not sure they have anything that they can get a patent for.
It may be something that they do not plan to use but want to make money with the patent.

just a thought..... what did XM file fore and Sirius file for before the merger was anounced?

XM for a high eliptical orbit
Sirius for Geo Stationary

Co-Winky-Dink Per-Haps?

its not like AT&T (largest WCS licence holder) had anything to do with blocking XM's aqusition of the frequency,

And its not like AT&T has pockets deep enough to purchace a merged company...

Or do they?

The merged company, assuming the merger goes thru, will be bought out. The large media conglomerates are simply not going to sit on their hands and watch Sirius/XM come in and offer instant 'targeted national exposure' to the advertisers while the best that the current terrestrial stations can only city by city. It's too juicy a fruit of the tree to leave alone. Somebody will make a bid and then all hell could break loose in a bidding war. You've got to admit that this is a plausible scenario.

Being bought out is is as sure a thing as the Sun coming up each morning.

Thanks for noticing.

Sincerely,

The Sun

i dont trust at&t one bit. up until a few months ago they under the "WCS" umbrella were responsible for raising holy hell every time siri/xm wanted to do anything that involved making their repeater network better. no sir not one bit......its funny that all of a sudden at&t stopped protesting the repeater network and made nice with the sat companies....no sir not one bit.
beyond am beyond fm beyond xm.........at&t(apple) satellite radio??????

AT&T is believed to be taking over Dish Network in the coming months... lots of speculation at http://www.dbstalk.com

ATT - This is all speculation and this rumor has been around for years- the 'analists" dig it up now and then - Dish and Echostar are 2 companies now, and ATT has announced they are continuing with uverse- it would be a conflict of interest if they purchased Dish- which is a pipedream for those that know Charlie is in for the game

>>>>> AT&T Inc. could very well be looking at getting into satellite radio, at least that's what it seems like based on two recent patent applications published recently.

This is a major jump to a conclusion that doesn't follow.

There are not going to be any more players in sat radio. As we know, you cannot make a business out of sat radio by selling receivers at retail (Sirius tried [by throwing money at Stern], and Q4 makes it abundantly clear they have failed; XM's retail is long gone). Today, we know that OEMs are the key to driving sales of satellite radio. And all the OEMs are spoken for, which isn't about to change for many years.

A more likely scenario is that ATT developed this patent to try and license it to XM or SIRI and as a means of generating wireless revenue. The subject has been discussed on message boards for years (the idea of using the wireless network to provide a two-way data stream), so it isn't exactly a new idea.

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