Mignon Clyburn has been the strongest advocate for mobile device interoperability on the Federal Communications Commission and now that she has been appointed acting chairwoman – a position she could hold for several months – AT&T saw fit to reiterate its arguments against interoperability in...
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Dallas, TX – April 17, 2013 – NetAmerica Alliance, LLC today announced that Colorado Valley Communications Inc. of La Grange, Texas has joined NetAmerica as an Alliance Member. Established in 1953, Colorado Valley Communications continually strives to provide exceptional customer service and advanced communication solutions...
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Two months after giving holders of 700 MHz A-block spectrum more time to build out their networks, the FCC yesterday granted an extension for 700 MHz B-block licensees as well. Both types of licensees now could have until at least December to complete construction to...
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John Strode, vice president of external affairs for rural telco Ritter Communications, today offered the easiest-to-understand definition of quintile regression analysis that I’ve heard yet – and I’ve heard a lot of people try to explain the controversial statistical methodology, which the FCC has been...
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After ignoring a previous inquiry from Telecompetitor on the topic, U.S. Cellular confirmed yesterday in an email to us that the company has deployed LTE using 700 MHz A-block spectrum in some markets. The company has A-block and other spectrum holdings and previously appeared reluctant...
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Verizon Wireless Rural LTE partner Strata Networks appears set to be the first small wireless network operator with an LTE-capable iPhone. The company announced yesterday that it will begin carrying the iPhone 5 on March 15 and a company representative told Telecompetitor today that the...
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The Federal Communications Commission has granted 700 MHz A-block licensees extra time to build out their networks. License holders would have been required to have networks completed to at least 35% of their coverage area by June of this year. They now have until December...
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A huge amount of spectrum is set to change hands as the result of several transactions announced today involving Verizon Wireless, AT&T and a relatively unfamiliar name in the wireless industry – Grain Management, a Sarasota, Fla.-based private equity firm. The transactions, which are subject...
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Is this essentially one more element of Project Velocity IP, AT&T’s rural initiative announced last year? AT&T today said it plans to acquire wireless spectrum and assets in rural areas of several southern and Midwestern states from Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. –a move that could help...
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When Verizon Wireless said last year that it would sell off some of its 700 MHz A- and B-block spectrum, there was wide speculation that just about any other wireless carrier would be a bidder. With mobile data usage skyrocketing, carriers big and small are...
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Phoenix, AZ – Jan 07, 2013 – Phoenix- based Smartcomm LLC is in the business of acquiring FCC licenses for spectrum bandwidth that can be used for mobile broadband services such as mobile data, voice, text and more. Through its subsidiaries, the Company established bidding...
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Verizon Wireless has inked its fourth deal to sell some of the 700 MHz spectrum that it agreed to divest as a condition of gaining approval to purchase AWS spectrum from several of the nation’s largest cable companies. Colorado Valley Communications, a small network operator...
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