Weekend reports that Sprint was looking at acquiring T-Mobile US stirred the pot, though most observers found the taste not quite to their liking.
Following a report from The Wall Street Journal that Softbank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son was spearheading plans for Sprint to acquire...
Rumors over the weekend began to sizzle that Sprint and T-Mobile US were looking into a possible partnership that would provide a more formidable foe against the nation’s two largest wireless operators Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility.
The rumors, which were stoked by a The...
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!
--Rural operators continue to load up...
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With a freshly installed chairman and full complement of commissioners now in place at the Federal Communications Commission, the details of upcoming spectrum auctions are now taking center stage
The Federal Communications Commission has officially pushed plans to auction off 600 MHz spectrum licenses for use by wireless carriers until the middle of 2015, relieving pressure to meet a previous deadline of 2014. The announcement highlights the complex task ahead of the agency...
As the calendar has now turned over to December (do people even have “turnable” calendars any more), thoughts begin to turn towards what the hell just happened over the past 12 months?
Canada’s plan to increase competition across its wireless market through the upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum assets appears to be sputtering as a handful of potential bidders have dropped out of the process.
According to a Reuters report, four entities that had previously stated...
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Though only on the job for a few weeks now, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has quickly begun to layout his vision for how the government regulator will view its stewardship over the wireless telecommunications space.
Speaking at an event at his alma mater...
Canadian wireless customers beginning this week will be able to take advantage of a new “wireless code” designed to ease the burden on subscribing to wireless services.
The code, which was enacted in early June by the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, states that...
The United Kingdom will need to free up as much as 650 megahertz of new spectrum over the next six years if it wants to keep ahead of rising consumer demand for mobile services, according to a new report from U.K.-based Real Wireless.
The report...
South Korea’s SK Telecom continues to push the limits of LTE technology demonstrating late last week an upgrade to its LTE-Advanced service that combines spectrum assets across two bands that the carrier claims can provide theoretical network speeds up to 225 megabits per second.
The...
The government’s plan to auction spectrum in the so-called AWS-3 band received a significant boost this week as the Department of Defense agreed to relocate current operations in the 1755-1780 MHz band to a shared arrangement in the 2025-2110 MHz band. The move will...
Small cells may be one of the hottest topics in the wireless infrastructure space today, but their impact has yet to show in the United States and many are beginning to question their relevancy:
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Recently installed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler continued to round out his staff this week, announcing a handful of new senior appointments.
Shannon Gilson was named communications director and head of the Office of Media Relations. Gilson joins the FCC having served in various...
Before we begin our two-part discussion of several important trends that will impact the telecommunications landscape over the next year, I want to respond to several questions posed
China’s Shanghai Daily is reporting that China Mobile will launch “4G” services on Dec. 18, bringing the latest wireless technology to the world’s largest mobile operator.
The TD-LTE network will run across a total of 130 megahertz of spectrum that China’s government this week set...
Wireless operators are struggling to handle explosive growth in data traffic on their networks. Tools and processes for managing spectrum, deciding where and when to add or remove capacity,
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 Federal Communications Commission has accepted...
The battle over the size of spectrum licenses that the Federal Communications Commission will put up for bid in its highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction received another opinion as the Summit Ridge Group released a report touting the smaller, the better.
The report, “Right-sizing...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with plans to free up spectrum in the 3550-3650 MHz band for use by small cell network deployments and spectrum sharing, announcing it will host a technical workshop focused on the band on Jan. 14.
As part of...
