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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...
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...
Minneapolis proves muni-WiFi model can work
Minneapolis' muni-WiFi network, which covers a 57-square-mile area, is meeting and surpassing expectations set by the city. A recent test conducted by independent third-party consulting firm Novarum Read more...
Cyren Call says it's not to blame for Frontline's end
Cyren Call Communications addressed news reports and blog postings that suggested it caused the end of Frontline Wireless, the entity that had hopes of bidding in the D-block auction to offer a 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...