Recent persistent press reports indicate that Softbank, having already acquired a controlling interest in Sprint, wants to buy T-Mobile US. The potential purchase of T-Mobile US by Softbank is a bad idea from a consumer perspective.
Canada’s attempts to reduce wireless service pricing continue to draw mixed results, with the latest news coming from a report commissioned by government regulators.
The report, which was conducted by Wall Communications and is commissioned annually by Canadian regulator Industry Canada and the Canadian Radio-television...
LightSquared is looking to gain financial compensation from the federal government over losing its ability to offer wireless communication services.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Harbinger Capital Partners, which controls LightSquared, filed a lawsuit against the government for withdrawing LightSquared’s access to its spectrum...
The Federal Communications Commission has announced plans for an “experiment” designed to expand broadband services into rural communities.
The program is set to tie in with the FCC’s Connect America Fund, with up to $100 million being set aside to fund the experiment. That funding...
The spectrum horse-trading continued this week ahead of planned license auctions, as AT&T and T-Mobile US filed forms to swap a number of PCS and AWS licenses.
The carriers said the proposed deals would allow for more efficient use of their respective spectrum licenses, as...
Dish Network said it plans to participate in the upcoming AWS-3 and 600 MHz incentive auction, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission.
The FCC plans to conduct the AWS-3 auction, which will include 65 megahertz of both licensed and unlicensed spectrum in...
Wireless continues to grow as the communication device of choice for U.S. households, but that growth has begun to slow.
According to the most recent National Health Interview Survey, 41% of American homes had only a wireless device during the second half of 2013, which...
Wireless spectrum is obviously an important element to the commercial mobile communications market, as it is the medium in which consumers can walk-and-talk unimpeded by cables. As such, the need for wireless providers to continually gain access to more spectrum in order to feed...
The Federal Communications Commission has set up a steering committee to oversee pending deals between Comcast and Time Warner Cable and between AT&T and DirecTV.
The committee will be chaired by FCC General Counsel Jonathan Sallet, with bureau chiefs on the steering committee to include...
The Canadian government is looking to maintain a fresh supply of spectrum for that country’s mobile industry as well as attempting to encourage new entrants, announcing this week plans to conduct an auction of licenses in the 1.7/2.1 GHz band next year.
Industry Canada said...
T-Mobile US continued to fight back against allegations made this week by the Federal Trade Commission that the carrier had profited by providing billing services for what turned out to be fraudulent premium messaging services.
In a blog post, T-Mobile US CEO John Legere hinted...
LightSquared’s path to redemption continues, as the spectrum license holder and satellite communications provider announced a $3 billion restructuring plan.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the plan would give Cerebus Capital Management, Fortress Investment Group and J.P. Morgan Chase control over 74% of the...
Rural telecommunications provider Vermont Telephone expanded its LTE-based wireless broadband services across portions of Vermont. The company said the expansion pushes its coverage to more than 20,000 homes and businesses across 24 rural towns.
VTel Wireless had initially launched services earlier this year, offering LTE...
The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to create the Citizen Broadband Radio Service that would include 150 megahertz of spectrum between the 3550-3700 MHz bands has run into opposition from the WiMAX Forum, which claims some of that spectrum was already populated with thousands of...
T-Mobile US claims to have hit its previously forecast mid-2014 LTE coverage plans, saying its network now covered 230 million potential customers. The growth comes about 18 months after the carrier first launched commercial LTE services.
T-Mobile US had initially announced its LTE plans in...
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--The Japanese government is reportedly set...
Russia’s mobile telephone market continues to be a bastion of fierce competition, with Mobile TeleSystems continuing to maintain a leadership position, though strongly challenged by the likes of Megafone and VimpleCom. This battle for supremecy is being waged in a market where mobile penetration...
Neutrality sounds good because it conveys the idea of “fair-play,” and we all like that. But neutrality doesn’t work in any other sphere of commerce or technology – so why would it work for the Internet?
Editor’s Note: Wireless operators are a busy bunch, and as such RCR Wireless News will attempt to gather some of the important announcements that may slip through the cracks from the world’s largest carriers in a weekly wrap-up. Enjoy!
--AT&T signed a deal to acquire...
In connection with a number of announcements earlier this week, Sprint took select analysts on a tour of one of its latest cell sites in the Chicago area, showing off the fruits of its intensive Network Vision and Spark programs.
According to reports from analysts,...
Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio continued to push for freeing up wireless spectrum, announcing the Wi-Fi Innovation Act he introduced in concert with Cory Booker (D-N.J.). The bill calls for the Federal Communications Commission to test the feasibility of using the upper 5 GHz...
The industry is abuzz with the promise that voice over LTE can bring. Carriers are seeing it as an effective means to gain spectrum efficiency and reduce the cost of service delivery.
