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NewsVerizon, Google spar over open access again
After Google filed a petition with the FCC, insisting that the regulator put in place stricter terms for Verizon Wireless' C Block 700 MHz open access provisions, Verizon Wireless claimed the Read more...
Professional sports leagues concerned about white space spectrum
As expected, more groups are coming forward to voice their concern over unlicensed white space spectrum. The National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Association for Stock Car Read more...
Cyren Call urges rural operators to bid on D block
Cyren Call Chairman Morgan O'Brien was courting rural operators last week, urging them to band together and bid on the D-block 700 MHz band the FCC will likely re-auction this fall. During the Rural Read more...
White-space broadband gets more and more complicated
Google, Microsoft and other companies advocating the use of unlicensed white-space spectrum for wireless broadband had to have believed earlier this year that the FCC was going to rubber-stamp the Read more...
Hospitals worry about white space interference
Hospital technology groups and vendors in the sector are urging the FCC to be careful on how it approaches the white-space spectrum issue because opening up some of those channels could lead to Read more...
NextWave selling big swathes of spectrum
Just in time. Last week NextWave announced it enlisted the help of Deutsche Bank and UBS to assist in the sale of its vast U.S. spectrum holdings, which include licenses and lease rights for a total Read more...
How much spectrum do AT&T and Verizon have?
In just how many markets do AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless exceed 95 megahertz of spectrum? Since spending a collective $16 billion in the recent 700 MHz auction, analysts have believed the Read more...
Report: Public safety partly to blame for D-block failure
A report from the FCC inspector general concluded that the requirement for lease payments of about $500 million contributed to the failure of the D-block auction. No serious bidders emerged for the Read more...
Could the 700 MHz auction trigger spectrum caps?
Could the recently completed 700 MHz auction trigger spectrum caps--which were lifted in 2003--and other regulations on the mobile wireless industry? Last week, some in Congress lamented that Read more...
Congresswoman proposes free wireless broadband
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) is introducing new legislation, known as the Wireless International Nationwide for Families Act, that would direct the FCC to auction unused spectrum, the 2155 MHz to Read more...
| Press ReleasesTop Sports Leagues, Program Network Find Fault White Space ProposalsThe National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, the National Collegiate Read more... Verizon Wireless Says Spectrum Additions from FCC's Auction 73 will Further Company's Broadband Strategy BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless said today that the spectrum it gained in the FCC's Read more... Qualcomm Wins Licenses to Double Its Spectrum in 28 Key Markets to Expand Award-Winning FLO TV Service SAN DIEGO, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated NASDAQ: QCOM, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, Read more... FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RELEASES DATA ON HIGH-SPEED SERVICES FOR INTERNET ACCESS Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released new data on high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States. Twice a year, all facilities-based Read more... WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING THAT TEXT MESSAGES AND SHORT CODES ARE TITLE On December 11, 2007, Public Knowledge, Free Press, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, EDUCAUSE, Media Access Project, New America Foundation, and U.S. PIRG (Petitioners) filed a Read more... |