Spectrum Drives Wireless M&A: What’s Next?

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There’s a major paradox in the wireless industry today. On the one hand it’s never been more difficult to compete. With subscribers heavily concentrated in the hands of the two largest carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless – a situation compounded by the advent of exclusive...Learn More

Verizon CTO: Future Services Will be Based on Four Key Platforms

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Future Verizon services will be built on one of four “foundational platforms,” said Verizon Chief Technology Officer Tony Melone, addressing attendees at Genband Perspectives13 in Orlando today. Those four platforms, he said, include the company’s 4G LTE network, FiOS, data centers operated under the Terremark...Learn More

Verizon Rural LTE Program Adds KPU Telecommunications

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The Verizon LTE in Rural America program has added another partner — KPU Telecommunications of Ketchikan, Alaska. KPU is a municipally owned FTTH triple play provider in southeastern Alaska, serving 6,000 access lines. KPU joins 18 or so other rural wireless carriers in Verizon’s Rural...Learn More

Verizon Rural Partner Launches Separate LTE Network for Fixed Service

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Bluegrass Cellular announced yesterday that it has launched what the company is calling its “second 4G LTE network.” The new network uses the company’s spectrum in the lower 700 MHz band and will support a fixed wireless offering the company is calling “GetSetGo.” What makes...Learn More

Verizon Promotes FiOS Using “SoCal Experience” Vehicles

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LONG BEACH, CA – April 4, 2013 — Southern Californians are firmly in the Internet fast lane with Verizon’s FiOS Quantum Internet service, and the company is spreading the word through the FiOS SoCal Experience, which will support local community causes and reward people’s creativity. ...Learn More

Why Didn’t Verizon Sell More A-Block Spectrum?

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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...Learn More

Apigee’s API Exchange Aims to Simplify Mobile App Development

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Mobile app developers could find it easier to develop offerings that will work on multiple carrier networks as the result of a new API Exchange announced today from Apigee. In the U.S. AT&T plans to participate in the exchange and other U.S. carriers are expected...Learn More

Does Comcast Smell Blood in the Water?

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Comcast is turning up the heat on their broadband competitors by upping broadband speeds in several markets today. They are doubling speed for a couple of their packages and increasing speeds by about 60% for one, all at no additional charge for customers. Comcast may...Learn More

With New 50 Mbps $10 FiOS Upgrade Promotion, Verizon Pushes Simplicity (and ARPU)

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Verizon is out with a new promotion this week that allows existing FiOS Internet customers to upgrade to the entry level Quantum FiOS tier of 50/25 Mbps for an additional $10/month. Verizon is using the promotion to leverage trends in the market by offering a...Learn More

FCC’s A-Block Deadline Extension: Will Verizon Get Moving on its Build-out?

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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...Learn More

Verizon, 11 Others Partner with Government on Electric Vehicle Charging

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon is joining with the U.S. Department of Energy to help meet President Obama’s goal of empowering the U.S. to produce plug-in electric vehicles that are as affordable and convenient as their gasoline counterparts. The DOE’s initiative, called the...Learn More

Verizon Continues to Appify FiOS TV

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Verizon and Samsung announced an expansion of the FiOS TV line-up on the Samsung Smart Hub platform, which powers Samsung’s smart TVs and Blu-ray players. Verizon customers who subscribe to both FiOS TV and FiOS Internet can now access 75 channels of TV and gain...Learn More