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Tag: Spectrum
What’s in the FCC’s 700 MHz Interoperability Order?
FCC order aims to bring a higher level of interoperability in the lower 700 MHz spectrum band – although it could take at least two to three years for key aspects of the order to be implemented.
Dyle Mobile TV Backers Notch Up Promotional Efforts
Mobile Content Venture plans to use on-air, digital and live interactive events to promote Dyle, a free mobile TV offering that doesn’t use broadband or count against cellular data allotments.
Researchers Devise Novel Approach to Emergency Cellular Communications
A researcher at the University of British Columbia suggests using TV broadcast spectrum to ensure mobile calls go through in the event of a disaster,
Is Dish Planning Novel Fixed Broadband Offering for LightSquared Spectrum?
Dish Network is expected to win LightSquared’s spectrum at auction and could use it for fixed wireless broadband – perhaps using antennas to support connectivi
DTVCast Rural Broadband Offering Uses Licensed TV Broadcast Spectrum
Service providers have a new option for delivering broadband to rural areas with the announcement today of a new product dubbed DTVCast REACH.
Japan’s NICT Develops Portable White Spaces Tablet
TV white spaces technology until now has been implemented as a means of providing fixed broadband wireless service. But Japan’s National Institute of…
FCC: We’re Still on Target for 2014 Incentive Auction
FCC aims to boost the use of unlicensed high-frequency spectrum for short-range mobile backhaul and for wirelessly streaming video between devices within a home. The agency is also on track to
Legislation Aims to Auction More Spectrum and Maximize Proceeds
Bi-partisan legislation introduced today would require the government to auction two separate 25 MHz blocks of spectrum as a single pair by early 2015.
Why Did AT&T Announce Plans to Acquire Leap on a Friday Afternoon?
AT&T aims to sell off the Leap Wireless A-block spectrum in the Chicago market as part of its plans to acquire that carrier. AT&T claims interference problems in the A-block, which other carriers dispute.
FCC Imposes Few Conditions on Softbank/Sprint Merger
Softbank’s merger with Sprint and Clearwire is nearly complete, with the FCC announcing Friday that it has approved the deal. Despite a rival bid from…
Google TV White Spaces Approval Should Raise Technology’s Profile
Google on Friday gained FCC approval to operate a database system to support broadband wireless communications in TV white spaces spectrum.
T-Mobile Acquires U.S. Cellular AWS Spectrum
FCC Tees up New Spectrum for Auction to Mobile Operators
Mobile network operators will have another 10 MHz of spectrum available to them through an auction process as the result of an order adopted today by…
Companies Tout Plans for Nationwide Wireless Using Low-Power TV Spectrum
Landover Wireless and CTB Spectrum Services say they want to build nationwide wireless networks using low-power TV spectrum. Are they for real?
Dish Focuses on Clearwire Acquisition: Unique Spectrum Has Strong Appeal
Dish Network now appears to be out of the running to acquire Sprint, announcing late yesterday that it would not issue a revised bid for that company…
Obama Issues Spectrum Sharing Directive; Report Notes Broadband Gaps
President Obama aims to free up more spectrum for mobile broadband usage, directing government agencies to pursue spectrum sharing options with commercial users.
Is Dish/nTelos Fixed Wireless Demo Aimed at Clearwire/Sprint Shareholders?
Dish Network and nTelos are claiming some impressive data rates for the fixed LTE broadband offering they have deployed in a rural Virginia trial.
GSMA Report: U.S. Ahead of Europe on Wireless
The U.S. is ahead of the European Union in the deployment of advanced wireless technologies and services – and EU consumers are worse off as a result, says the GSMA.
What’s Behind Dish’s Higher Bid for Clearwire?
Dish ups its bid for Clearwire. Is Dish just trying to mess with Sprint, which also wants Clearwire? Or is Clearwire the real prize?
Spectrum Drives Wireless M&A: What’s Next?
There’s a major paradox in the wireless industry today. It’s harder than ever to compete. Yet second-tier companies are commanding higher than anticipated valuations. So what gives?
Industry Unlikely to Support Latest 600 MHz Band Plan Proposal
The FCC Wireless Communications Bureau is seeking further input on the band plan for spectrum to be freed up through the planned voluntary TV spectrum auction
Sprint Closes on Spectrum Purchase from U.S. Cellular
AT&T, U.S. Cellular at Odds on 700 MHz Interference
AT&T seeks to remind the FCC of their concerns for interference in the 700 Mhz spectrum band, something other carriers in the market dispute, including U.S. Cellular
California ISP Wireless Broadband Deployment Reveals White Spaces Data Rates, Range, Performance
Cal.net is offering customers data rates of up to 3 Mbps downstream over a distance of up to five miles without line of sight using…