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Bill is headed to President Joe Biden's desk Congress has passed a bill that would enable T-Mobile US and other winners in the most recent auction of 2.5 GHz licenses to take ownership of spectrum licenses that were acquired during a 2022 auction but have...

The Senate has released a $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill, but it does not include long-term auction authority reauthorization for the Federal Communications Commission. Instead, the bill, which will fund the federal government for the coming year, gives the FCC an additional...

The rollout of 5G is expected to begin in India in October 2022 The 5G spectrum auction in India, approved earlier this year, has concluded and according to the country’s telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, carriers purchased a total $19 billion worth of spectrum. As expected, Reliance...

Note, this article was updated with additional information on March 2. Nine companies have entered bids for ailing IoT firm Sigfox, as the deadline for its sale passed last Friday (February 25). Bidders include Singapore-based IoT house and early front-runner UnaBiz, which had confirmed...

Brazilian carrier Vivo has announced the start of 5G tests in the 26 GHz band in partnership with Finnish vendor Nokia, local news site Teletime reported. The trials will take place in Rio de Janeiro, in Vivo's laboratory in Barra da Tijuca and two sites...

The Federal Communications Commission is usually enthusiastic about opening up additional spectrum for commercial use. Not in the case of the T-Band—which has long been used by public safety agencies in some major cities, but under a Congressional mandate, has to be auctioned off...

CBA says it is working on effort to put proposed C Band private auction funds toward a rural 5G network In its continued push to lead a private auction of C Band spectrum, the C Band Alliance says that it will pay at least 30%...

The second phase of the Federal Communications Commission's 24 GHz auction begins tomorrow, in which winning bidders will be assigned their spectrum blocks and can bid for specific blocks. The auction's initial "clock phase" concluded on April 17 after 91 rounds, raising more than...

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Paraguayan regulator Conatel released the final bidding terms and conditions for the country's planned 1700 MHz/2100 MHz spectrum auction in support of LTE services. Interested companies have until Dec. 3 to send in applications. The maximum spectrum each carrier can be assigned is set...

ARCEP said the auction process will start Nov. 16 France telecom regulator ARCEP confirmed the process to award 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band to support LTE services will kick off Nov. 16. The regulator previously confirmed the firms submitting applications for the spectrum auction...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full hearing that examined "removing barriers to wireless broadband deployment,” against the backdrop of lawmakers considering policies to encourage investment in more broadband. Among the bills currently circulating the House and Senate...

FCC commissioner Ajit Pai links Sprint decision to folly of FCC auction plans Sprint’s decision to sit out the Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction proceedings drew the attention of Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai, who used the move to express his displeasure in...

As 600 MHz auction approaches, FCC continues to clarify rules and procedures WASHINGTON – Ahead of the 2016 incentive auction, wireless trade association CTIA said it wants the Federal Communications Commission to hold multiple mock auctions as a means to “test the underlying software and...

After several delays, the deployment of LTE in Chile is about to begin. Claro, Entel and Movistar, which won access to spectrum, were confirmed by the country's Comptroller General. Private carriers are set to invest $700 million to deploy the next generation of telecommunications services...

America Movil’s Brazilian mobile unit, Claro, announced a strategy focused on including zero-rating access to Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp in its prepaid and postpaid packages. The announcement was made less than two months after Claro’s president, Carlos Zenteno, said that zero-rating plans were no longer...

Chalks up possible delay to ‘demand for infrastructure’ and ‘workforce shortage’ HOLLYWOOD, Fla., – Michael O’Rielly, commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission warned of possible delays to the 600 MHz spectrum auction that’s planned for 2016. O’Rielly made the comments during the annual Personal Communications Industry Association...

The Wall Street Journal reports FCC looking at DE abuse The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly looking into revoking the $3 billion bidding discount Dish Network pocketed during the recent AWS-3 spectrum auction. The Wall Street Journal reported that FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler had instructed his...

Bankrupt Aereo will auction its antennas and other assets to broadcasters next year. The New York startup created thousands of tiny TV antennas no bigger than a fingertip, and users in New York City and a handful of other big cities could rent a...

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil's 700 MHz auction is expected to take place during the first half of next year with the goal of providing enough spectrum bands for LTE expansion in the country, according to João Rezende, president of Brazil's telecom regulatory agency, Anatel, and Genildo...

The two largest telecom operators in Latin America have released their second quarter financial results. América Móvil beat expectations, reporting better-than-expected second quarter core profits and revenue, as more customers made mobile calls in Mexico and South America. As for the Spanish group Telefónica,...

The advanced wireless services (1.7/2.1 GHz) spectrum band auction in Peru is scheduled for July 22. ProInversión announced that four carriers have qualified to bid in the auction that will enable LTE deployment in the country. The participating telecom operators are: Telefónica Móviles (Movistar),...

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. After many delays, the long-awaited "4G" auction in Colombia took place in June. A total of...

Colombia’s LTE auction has a date. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) set the auction for June 26, hoping to generate up to $250 million for the treasury. In a move to inject some competition in the market, regulators said that dominant...