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The FCC is investigating spectrum needed for wireless broadband as it readies its broadband plans.

The FCC  posted a notice seeking comments. It notes that entities "raised the issue that the United States will not have sufficient spectrum available to meet demands for wireless broadband in the near future."

The FCC request seeks to find out if there is enough support for the present and future demands of wireless broadband.

At broadband policy workshop in August carriers and backhaul providers expressed the the need for more spectrum and more efficient use of it.

T-Mobile and Motorola told the FCC of the increase mobile data traffic, and the need for more spectrum.

Here are the major questions from the notice:

• What is the ability of current spectrum allocations to support next-generation buildouts and the anticipated surge in demand and throughput requirements?
  
• What spectrum bands are best positioned to support mobile or fixed wireless broadband?
  
• What are the key issues in moving spectrum allocations toward their highest and best use in the public interest?
  
• What is the ability of current spectrum allocations to support both the fixed and mobile wireless backhaul market?
  

AT&T is sending out an over-the-air update(OTA) of the BlackBerry Bold operating system version OS 4.6.0.297. The best part of this update is the addtion of Visual Voice Mail that displays the name of the person who left each voicemail and how long it is.

Other perks form the upgrade include: handset optimization, ability to select 2G /3G and a variety of icons for apps including MobiTV, Mobile Banking, Tetris and Scrabble.

AT&T Visual Voicemail offers customers an easier way to check voicemail. Similar to looking at messages in your e-mail inbox, AT&T Visual Voicemail lists your voicemail messages, allowing you to choose the order in which you listen to them.

Visual Voicemail features include:

• Review and delete messages from your Visual Voicemail or Messages inbox.
• Store up to 40 messages for 14 days in your inbox.
• Save important numbers to your contacts.
• Reply to messages via return call, SMS, email, or MMS.
• Share messages by forwarding via email or MMS.
• Save audio of messages to device memory or to memory card

Motorola's new Multi-Media Messaging Service Center (MMSC) provides enhanced mobile media experiences for users.

Motorola's MMSC enables media mobility by delivering  multi-media messaging service composed of audio, text, pictures and video between different devices, technologies and operators, all over a high availability, carrier grade platform.

Features of the MMSC include:

•  High capacity, availability and scalability.
• Standards compliant with OMA, 3GPP and 3GPP2, enabling multimedia messaging service in all networks and technologies, (e.g.: GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, CDMA, and EV-DO, among others).
• Rich product features, enabling various operators' business models for a multimedia messaging service.
• Intelligent and flexible traffic management capabilities with built-in, best-in-class monitoring and configuration tools.
• Integrated application to person messaging engine and ecosystem of applications.
• Provides for geographic diversity and seamless rollout into the operator's existing network