Telecompetitor

Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation that mandates free broadband wireless service to 95% of the country’s population within 10 years. This ambitious proposal would be accomplished through wireless broadband service utilizing spectrum located at 2.155 GHz. Rep. Eshoo’s legislation calls for the spectrum to be auctioned by the FCC, and contains the 95% mandate, as well as ‘family friendly’ requirements which would filter out offensive content like porn. The legislation ...

The 700 MHz auction has slowed considerably, leading some to believe this may be the last week of the auction. At the conclusion of round 105, there were 1,090 provisional winning bids among 1,089 provisional winning bidders, for a total of $19,524,595,900 billion bid. Action on the nationwide C block has long since ended, and it appears the regional bidding for the “nationwide” C block will prevail. The ...

The 700 Mhz auction continues to impress, with a record $19.2 billion bid for 1089 provisional winning bids. Round 52 is scheduled to begin Monday morning, and continue throughout the day with six scheduled rounds. Although bidding on the nationwide “open-access” C block has slowed down, there has been much speculation that the Verizon and Google are the bidders in play. Many are speculating that ...

The 700 MHz spectrum auction has set a record for bids, and at the end of round 24, had raised a total of $17.5 billion for the U.S. treasury. The previous record was $13.9 billion, set at the AWS auction of 2006. The bidding has slowed somewhat today, compared with yesterday, when over $4 billion was added. At the end of round 24, there were ...

We’re up to $6 billion in bids for the coveted 700 Mhz spectrum, with round 9 to begin this morning. Through eight rounds, there are 967 provisional winning bids for licenses, with 960 provisional winning bidders. Most of the attention is on the C block which has attracted a bid of $2,976,465,000 at the end of round eight. The C block can be won as a single nationwide ...

Telecom’s competitive landscape is less one important player, with news today that Frontline Wireless has shut down. Frontline was believed to be a potentially serious player in the upcoming January 24th 700 Mhz spectrum auction. With backing from serious Silicon Valley money, Frontline was believed to be the only player, outside of the existing national wireless players, who had their eyes on building a ...

Wholesaling wireless spectrum may be on the horizon, thanks to the upcoming 700 Mhz spectrum auction. While virtually absent from the wireless industry, wholesaling bandwidth is commonplace everywhere else in telecom. One could argue that MVNO arrangements are examples of wireless wholesale, but the MVNO reality looks more like a sales and marketing resale arrangement, than true wholesaling. The rules set up by the FCC for ...