A new study from the GSMA and Deloitte examined the impacts of sharing licensed spectrum and concluded that shared spectrum can complement exclusive spectrum licenses, but doesn't replace the need for sole access to provide mobile broadband.
The report concluded that requiring the sharing of...
BOULDER, Colo. – With 100 days of leadership now under his belt, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler took to the stage in a closing keynote at a small conference to lay out his plans for guiding the government agency.
Speaking at this week’s University...
We just came through a very dynamic week in the telecom industry as events unfolded on multiple fronts. On the spectrum front, AT&T announced that it would be purchasing 1.7/2.1 GHz advanced wireless services spectrum from Cable One.
Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing auction of H-Block spectrum license continued to slow coming out of the weekend, with the FCC looking to speed up the process by increasing the number of rounds per week beginning Feb. 11.
Monday’s bidding drew a total...
Bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 remained subdued for a second straight day as participants sauntered into the weekend break adding but another $20 million in new potential winning bids for the 176 spectrum licenses up for grabs. Those licenses include 10...
Following a weather-induced day of reflection, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 resumed today with five rounds of bidding. Participants appeared a bit groggy following the previous day’s cancellation due to weather with total new bids totaling just $20 million.
The day opened with some...
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As the number of mobile connections overtakes our global population, we rely more than ever on our smartphones, tablets and other wireless devices as part of our daily life. Radio...
All H-Block spectrum licenses up for bid in the ongoing Federal Communications Commission Auction 96 are now in play with all 176 “economic area” licenses now having received at least a minimum bid. The last to fall was the 10 megahertz EA license covering...
The Federal Communications Commission’s auction of the H-Block spectrum kicked off the week at a more heated clip that resulted in an additional $100 million in potential winning bids.
The auction of 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 1.9 GHz band surpassed $1.1 billion...
India reduced the minimum price for airwave access in an attempt to sell mobile wireless service spectrum in a recent auction. This is the second time airwave access has been put up for auction in India, as the first sale in 2012 saw few takers.
Updated with comment from Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless used this weekend’s Super Bowl as the test bed for its LTE Multicast service that is based on the LTE Broadcast standard for one-way streaming of video content. The test was part of the carrier’s Power House...
The total bids in the Federal Communications Commission's auction of H-block spectrum reached $1 billion on Friday, with about $560 million left before the reserve price is met.
There are currently five rounds of bidding per day in Auction 96, and when round 32 closed...
The New York economic area license continues to be the crown jewel of the Federal Communications Commission's auction 96, and drew even further away from the rest of the pack on Thursday to end with a high bid of nearly $217 million.
Total bidding in...
The second day of five-round bidding in the Federal Communications Commission's H-block auction 96 ended with just 19 licenses still FCC-held, and a new bidding total of $781 million.
The 23 auction participants had declined to bid on 40 licenses by the end of Tuesday,...
Five rounds of Auction 96 bidding were held today, with the total bid for the H-block spectrum reaching nearly $630 million after 17 completed rounds.
Bidders continue to whittle away at the number of Federal Communications Commission-held licenses. All but 40 of the 176 available...
It was a busy day for the Federal Communications Commission's auction 96, with the H-Block bids now totaling more than $456 million after the three rounds of bidding held Monday.
At this point, 117 licenses have received bids, with 59 remaining FCC-held.
The license for the...
Bidders looking to snare H-Block spectrum hit the weekend having put up more than $400 million in potential winning bids as part of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96.
Through three days and nine rounds, 111 licenses had picked up bids totaling $401.3 million, adding...
Looking back, 2013 was a year of transformation in which several major transactions enabled the carriers to reshape and reinforce themselves for a “Final Four” competition for leadership in the U.S. market.
Day two of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96, also known as the H-Block, witnessed $85 million more in potential winning bids, driving up the total amount to just over $306 million. Each day of the auction at this point includes three rounds of...
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!
--SK Telecom continued to push the...
The first day of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 included three rounds of bidding and a total purse of more than $221 million pledged for the licenses up for grabs. Of the 176 licenses up for auction, 78 had received a potential winning...
With mobile data use once again continuing on an upswing, averaging more than 60% annual growth, I predict that we are going to see mobile network operators worldwide looking even deeper
The Federal Communications Commission is set this week to begin auctioning off 176, 10-megahertz spectrum licenses in the upper 1.9 GHz band known as the H-Block. The auction is scheduled to start on Jan. 22, with 23 bidders qualified to participate.
Qualified bidders include a...
