FCC To Apple: Request For iPhone Confidentiality - DENIED!

In a June 1st 2008 letter to the FCC Robert Steinfeld (EMC & Wireless Compliance Manager at Apple Inc.) stated:

Although Apple has begun to market the device publicly, these documents reveal technical and design information that has not been publicly disclosed in such marketing and that is protected by Apple as confidential and proprietary trade secrets. This information has been disclosed to those required to maintain its confidentiality, and is not customarily diclosed publicly prior to the commercial release would warm Apple by giving competitors an unfair market advantage. Apple believes the period of confidentiality requested is necessary to protect the information until the commercial release of the device.

Apple requested that the following be withheld "...from public viewing
indefinately"

• Block Diagram
• Operational Description
• Internal Photographs
• Radio Schematic
• Radio Bill of Material
• Antenna Gain and Patterns

Apparently the FCC decided to publish much of this information anyway:


POA
Confidentiality Request
Cover Letter
Request for superceeding
External Photos
Label
Internal Photos rev1
Calibration Certificate dipole 850 MHz
Calibration Certificate dipole 1900 MHz
Calibration Certificate E Filed Probe
SAR Report
System Perforance Tests
SAR test plots 1

SAR test plots 2
SAR test plots 3
Test Report WWAN
Test Setup Photos SAR
Test Setup Photos
User Manual

AT&T Reaches 73% Completion on 3G Network

We are just weeks away from Apple's release of the 3G iPhone. In anticipation for the 3G iPhone, AT&T has been hard at work on their 3G network.

As of yesterday AT&T reported 73% completion. According to PRNewswire,

"Today the superfast AT&T 3G network is available in more than 275 markets. By year-end, the AT&T 3G network will be available in nearly 350 markets."

"With the new addition of HSUPA technology, AT&T 3G users can enjoy uplink speeds between 500 and 800 Kbps. The technology is available in all but the few remaining AT&T 3G markets and will be included in all future deployments. The new upload speeds complement AT&T's 3G download capabilities, which currently offer up to 1.4 Mbps across all markets for customers who have capable devices, such as AT&T's LaptopConnect wireless modems."

This should provide broadband speed access for those who purchase a 3G iPhone due out later next month!

Also check out: AT&T 3G Coverage Area