Kentucky-based Bluegrass Cellular said this week that it has completed the build-out of its LTE network and made the service available throughout its serving area. It’s an accomplishment that relatively few regional wireless carriers have made, according to the company….
Verizon announced today that all 21 network operators participating in the company’s LTE in Rural America (LRA) program now have deployed service. Verizon rural LTE carriers have turned up more than 1,000 LTE cellsites in 15 states, Verizon said, also…
Two mid-Atlantic regional wireless providers are coming together, with news that Shentel will acquire NTELOS for approximately $640 Million, including net debt. The two providers are geographically positioned next to each other and were both affiliates of Sprint in one…
Bi-partisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate yesterday has the potential to engender more partnerships between major wireless carriers and smaller rural wireless network operators. The legislation, to be known as the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act, would give three-year extensions…
AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Dish Network were the big winners in the AWS-3 auction that closed this week, winning licenses not only for larger “economic areas” but also being among the largest winners of smaller “cellular market area” licenses. The…
Verizon’s higher-speed LTE service, dubbed XLTE, could be coming to parts of rural America. The carrier has made the decision to make the AWS-1 spectrum supporting XLTE available to wireless operators participating in its LTE in Rural America program, said…
Sprint wants to accelerate its 4G buildout and it’s turning to rural carriers to help them achieve it. Rural carriers will soon be able to partner with Sprint through their affiliations with the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) and the NetAmerica…
The NetAmerica Alliance that aims to help rural carriers build out LTE gained more traction today with the announcement that Buggs Island Telephone Cooperative of rural Virginia has joined the alliance. Buggs Island is building an LTE network and plans…
The FCC announced authorization to release additional funds from the $300 million Mobility Fund Phase I auction, which is designed to support the build out of 3G and 4G networks in rural markets. T-Mobile won approximately $23 million in funding…
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…
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…
St. Cloud, Minn., January 15, 2013 — NewCore Wireless, the leading full-service hosted wireless switching provider for carriers, announced today the launch of its Easy Start program, a steam-lined solution for carriers looking to enter or advance in the wireless…
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