Wireless carriers and equipment companies should benefit from the Federal Communications Commission’s National Broadband Plan while smaller local exchange carriers and TV broadcasters may be vulnerable, according to ... Read More »

The National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress today calls for another 500 megahertz of spectrum to be freed up for wireless use by 2020, as well as an auction of D-Block spectrum and greater use of unlicensed spectrum. ... Read More »

Over the past 12 months any doubt over operator commitment to femtocells has been silenced. There are currently 10 deployments around the world and analyst firm Informa recently found operator commitment to femtocells has ... Read More »

Reply comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rulemaking on cellphone signal boosters produced some finger-pointing between carriers and equipment manufacturers as well as renewed calls on ... Read More »

As we await the release of the FCC's National Broadband Plan on March 17th, PRTM is hopeful that the forthcoming recommendations will effectively serve their intended purpose to help reinvigorate the United States' leadership in ... Read More »

As the Federal Communications Commission prepares to present its National Broadband Plan to Congress March 17, the agency released details of its plans to create an interoperable wireless network for first responders. The lack of ... Read More »

Greetings from the ice-crusted prairie where we celebrate mid-30 degree temperatures. The mercury wasn't the only thing that rose this past week as Cablevision, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, CenturyLink, Leap Wireless, Frontier and a host ... Read More »

Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in RCR Wireless News' January Special Edition, Wireless Infrastructure: The Engine for Economic Recovery. Look for our March Special Edition coming soon. The Department ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission is considering implementing a law that would make cellphone boosters illegal unless they are deployed by a wireless operator or with the consent of a wireless operator, a move that could ... Read More »

Google Inc.’s announcement that it plans to work with a few local municipalities to build high-speed broadband networks has the potential to change the broadband landscape in the United States, according to analyst Craig ... Read More »

Emboldened by a vision of a national wireless infrastructure that would set the standard for the world, Congress enacted the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to “promote competition and reduce regulation” and ... Read More »

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission's proposed budget of $352.5 million for fiscal year 2011 includes funding to help it implement a National Broadband Plan and a proposal to extend indefinitely the authority of the FCC to ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission's attempts to regulate the wireless industry, from everything from net neutrality to handset exclusivity to early-termination fees, remind me of the phrase: “The road to hell is paved ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission asked the nation's major telecommunications firms and Google Inc. to explain to the agency the industry's often unpopular practice of charging consumers to end their cellphone service early, ... Read More »

CTIA has challenged a petition for reconsideration from municipal planning authorities that ask the Federal Communications Commission to clarify its position on a 30-day “tolling” period related to the federal shot- ... Read More »

Staff working on the proposed National Broadband Plan are hoping to wrap up the final comments cycle by Jan. 27, Phoebe Yang, chief counsel and senior advisor to the Omnibus Broadband Initative, told the Federal Communications ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission updated the state of communications in Haiti as it helps its Haitian counterpart Conatel restore telecoms and other media in the nation ... Read More »

Depending on your locale, they may be more hidden or disguised, but make no mistake – cellular towers continue to multiple at a heavy rate. Providing the equivalent of a lifeline by which the entire wireless industry flows ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission asked for a month extension to deliver the National Broadband Plan to Congress. In a letter to Senate Committee leader John D. Rockefeller, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the extension ... Read More »

Even the government is weighing in on the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to develop a National Broadband Plan. The Department of Justice and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Monday ... Read More »

With all the talk of 4G technologies and the U.S. national broadband plan, it seems like a good time to step back and take a look at the broader role that wireless technologies can play in extending broadband services and their ... Read More »

Season's greetings to the Reality Check faithful. It's been a trendful year, and while the pundits regurgitate headlines, I'll try to provide a deeper understanding into the “Nine for 2009” trends. So far, we have ... Read More »

CTIA and the Consumer Electronics Association have proposed that TV broadcasters transition from high power/high tower antennas to a low-power antenna structure to free up between 100 megahertz and 180 megahertz of spectrum that ... Read More »

Verizon Wireless said part of the reason its early-termination fees are more expensive for advanced devices is because the difference between what it pays manufacturers vs. what it sells devices for is twice as large for advanced ... Read More »

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way. ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission offered a preview of some aspects it is developing for its National Broadband Plan, including rules that bring more spectrum to the marketplace more quickly and rules that make it easier to ... Read More »

A public debate between CTIA and Public Knowledge over the impacts of imposing net neutrality rules on wireless carriers yesterday highlighted the fine line regulators will face in imposing just enough regulation and too much ... Read More »

Did you feel it? For a brief moment over the weekend, the wireless world as we know it almost ceased to exist when Google ... Read More »

The Government Accountability Office said the Federal Communications Commission needs to do a better job of monitoring complaints about wireless service, including informing unsatisfied customers that they can complain to the ... Read More »

With holiday shopping in full swing, and an early snow to boot, it's time to complete the list for the telecom industry. ... Read More »

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Unlike the first official day of this week's WiMAX Forum Congress America's '09, Day 2 was a virtual LTE-free zone, except for the occasional remarks that LTE would not be all it's cracked up to be. ... Read More »

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The WiMAX community showed its expected solid and confident front during the opening day of this week's WiMAX Forum Congress Americas '09 event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Held in the shadow of immense ... Read More »

As the spin doctors try to put a happy face on the retail shopping season, I thought I’d weigh in with my wish list for the industry. It’s kind of lengthy, so this is part one (in no particular order): ... Read More »

The Federal Communications Commission is starting to quantify gaps in U.S. broadband access as the agency moves forward in trying to develop a National Broadband Plan, which is due to Congress in 90 days. Gaps cross a diverse ... Read More »