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Report: Smaller Carriers Rank Higher in Customer Satisfaction
5/16/12 at 3:33 PM by Andrew Burger
Customer satisfaction with their cell phones, wireless services, and fixed-line telephone services declined over the past year, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index Q1 report on U.S. customer satisfaction. ...
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4G Americas: Only 50 MHz of Usable Spectrum in the U.S. Pipeline
5/16/12 at 2:09 PM by Andrew Burger
Americans' fast-growing use of new mobile applications and devices has telecompetitors racing to keep up with mobile data demand. Offering insight into important 4G market trends is industry trade association 4G Americas, which has released a white paper that aims "to help mitigate increasing network congestion due to ...
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FCC Quizzes Verizon Wireless on Unused Spectrum Holdings
5/16/12 at 1:57 PM by Joan Engebretson
The Federal Communications Commission wants to know what Verizon Wireless would do with the unused spectrum holdings that the company has offered to sell as a condition of approval of its planned spectrum ...
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Verizon Wireless and Cox Pursue Co-Marketing in Oklahoma
5/15/12 at 2:37 PM by Joan Engebretson
Verizon Wireless and Cox apparently aren’t intimidated by the opposition group that launched yesterday to protest Verizon’s co-marketing deals with Cox and other cable companies as well as the carrier’s ...
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Report: Nearly Half of U.K. Mobile Internet Users Feel Addicted
5/15/12 at 1:58 PM by Andrew Burger
Most British teenagers using mobile Internet feel as if they're addicted to their smartphones. Responding to a survey conducted by market research firm Intersperience they said they'd rather give up TV, Facebook and chocolate ...
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LightSquared Bankruptcy Triggers DISH Spectrum Purchase Speculation
5/15/12 at 12:06 PM by Joan Engebretson
LightSquared’s filing for bankruptcy protection yesterday has generated much industry speculation about what will happen with the company’s spectrum holdings. Although that spectrum is officially designated only for satellite use, LightSquared attempted to repurpose it to support a...
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House Committee Hearing to Review Broadband Stimulus Progress
5/15/12 at 9:13 AM by Joan Engebretson
A Congressional committee has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, May 16 to review progress on the broadband stimulus programs that resulted from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Several officials from the agencies ...
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Verizon Wireless Exec Details LTE in Rural America Progress
5/15/12 at 9:03 AM by Joan Engebretson
Two rural wireless operators participating in Verizon Wireless’s LTE in Rural America (LRA) program have now launched service, with Wisconsin-based Cellcom adding its name to the list.
Cellcom’s announcement was actually issued on April 30, the same day as a similar ...
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CoBank Urges FCC to Reconsider Universal Service Caps
5/14/12 at 9:42 AM by Joan Engebretson
Add CoBank to the growing list of individuals and entities that have spoken out in opposition to the FCC’s recently imposed plan for capping Universal Service funding received by small rate of return carriers.
In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission on May 8, Robert F. West, Senior Vice President ...
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