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Motorola submits new white space device to FCC
Amid the brouhaha over potential interference with wireless microphones and digital television signals in the white-space band, Motorola has presented the Federal Communications Commission with an Read more...
FCC votes to resurrect public-safety network idea
The Federal Communications Commission unanimously decided to resurrect plans to create a nationwide emergency communications network after the D-block 700 MHz auction failed to garner a company 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...
Public-private partnership can work
Congress took on the results of the 700 MHz auction this week. The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet primarily focused on the failure of the D Read more...
Congress takes on failure of D-block auction
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet this week took on failure of the D-block band to gain any reasonable bids during the 700 MHz auction. The Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Open access could reduce network investment
A study from the Phoenix Center released this week estimates broad application of the "open-platform" requirements mandated by the Federal Communications Commission for the upper 700 MHz C-block Read more...
Google steps up white-space efforts
Now that the 700 MHz spectrum auction is over, Google has turned its attention once again to the "white space" unlicensed spectrum debate: In a letter to the FCC, Google pressed the government to Read more...
FCC changes broadband calculation rules
The Federal Communications Commission adopted new data collecting and reporting practices for helping to more accurately determine broadband penetration in the U.S. The FCC changed its methods after Read more...
700 MHz auction finally over
After 261 rounds of bidding and more than $19.59 billion in provisionally winning bids, the 700 MHz auction (officially Auction 73) is over. Four out of the five spectrum blocks achieved their Read more...
Start-up looks to jump start secondary spectrum market
A start-up is building what it calls the world's first online, real-time market for wireless spectrum. Spectrum Bridge officially came out of stealth mode today, announcing the launch of its new Read more...