LightSquared Could Play King Maker in US Spectrum Arms Race
By Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Technology Research.The U.S. spectrum contest has gone well beyond auctions and has become an arms race, with three key coalitions building up their...
View ArticleSprint: T-Mobile Not a Fix for AT&T Capacity Crunch
Sprint attacked AT&T's buyout of T-Mobile USA again yesterday in its latest round of arguments to the FCC denouncing the mega-merger.
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Dead Zones? The FCC Has a Map For That
Forget the colorful maps wireless operators use to advertise their coverage. The FCC has come out with a map of its own in black, white and grey.
View ArticleFCC to Vote on 700 MHz Interoperability, MSS
Small wireless operators whose LTE services can't roam onto the networks of national providers because of interoperability problems...
View ArticleFCC Vote May Advance Dish Spectrum Use
The FCC is expected to pass a proposal at its open meeting today which could advance Dish Network's plans to use its satellite spectrum for an LTE network. Dish had asked the FCC to grant it a waiver...
View ArticleRural LTE a Challenge, says Alcatel-Lucent Exec
ORLANDO, Fla.—Smaller wireless providers are likely to have a more difficult time deploying LTE than their top tier competitors, an Alcatel Lucent executive told attendees at the Rural Cellular...
View ArticleClearwire Links Up with Regionals, Joins RCA
Clearwire signed up with the Rural Cellular Association (RCA) today, citing "many of the same advocacy concerns" as the trade group's members.
View ArticleLTE Interoperability: the Fix Regional Carriers Count On
Verizon has been selling similar LTE smartphones since last year and is offering many of them at half the cost of U.S. Cellular’s device. Customers on U.S. Cellular’s LTE network can only access the...
View ArticleC Spire Sues AT&T Over Alleged Collusion
C Spire is suing AT&T and two of its vendors for allegedly colluding to manipulate the LTE standards process so it and other regional operators would be prevented from building out their networks.
View ArticleClearwire, Jolt Mobile Sign WiMAX Wholesale Deal
Clearwire signed up another wholesale customer today with the addition of Jolt Mobile, a provider of prepaid and international calling for GSM phones.
View ArticleT-Mobile exec says firm 'lost something' awaiting merger
COO says the carrier lost its focus on customers while awaiting the eventually scotched merger with AT&T. And he says the company is working to regain its credibility in the market. [Read more]
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