Verizon Wireless is making good on its promise to start selling off some of its "excess" 700 MHz spectrum licenses, announcing today that it will sell its Texas RSA 6-Jack 700 MHz lower B-Block license to Nortex Communications for an undisclosed sum. Verizon Wireless...
In a move that marks a significant operational shift, U.S. Cellular Corp. said it was selling its operations in Chicago, St. Louis and a handful of markets in the Midwest to Sprint Nextel for $480 million. The transaction, which is expected to close mid-2013,...
The European Commission said it plans to add 120 megahertz of new spectrum near the 2 GHz band in support of next-generation mobile broadband services. The move requires member countries to provide access to the new spectrum by July 2014.
The decision looks to unify...
Nearly two years after signing up for Verizon Wireless’ LTE in Rural America program, Kentucky-based Bluegrass Cellular today launched its initial service from that agreement in the cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Glasgow, Radcliff and Bardstown, Ken. The service provides customers in those areas...
Is anything ever easy for Clearwire? Late last week, everyone’s favorite WiMAX provider reported yet another quarter of “things will be better tomorrow … if …” results that have become all too common for Clearwire.
Colombia's LTE auction has been postponed again. The government announced that it will take place in February next year, and América Móvil's Claro will be allowed to bid in the 2.5 GHz. The main reason for so many delays was the polemic debate over the...
The board of directors of Brazil's telecommunications agency, Anatel, has approved the General Plan for Competition (PGMC—the acronym in Portuguese), aimed at encouraging and promoting free competition in the telecommunications industry, as well improving regulation.
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The PGMC establishes rules for sharing, interconnection...
All Brazilian mobile line numbers will have one more digit by December 2016. The digit "9 "will be added to the left of the current eight digit numbers of each mobile phone, according to the implementation roadmap released by the telecom agency Anatel yesterday.
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Ecuador's national telecom regulator, Conatel, announced that the country will adopt the 700 MHz spectrum band, also known as the digital dividend, to deploy the next generation of telecommunication services using LTE technology. Conatel also released that it has chosen the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) segmentation...
Colombia telecom regulators seem to be moving toward enabling spectrum in the 700 MHz band, internationally known as the digital dividend, to enhance high-speed mobile Internet benefits in rural areas. The National Spectrum Agency (ANE) announced that Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson will conduct tests in...
The launch of the iPhone 5 last month has highlighted a major issue for all 4G smartphones – that no one handset can cover all of the global LTE frequency bands.
Regional wireless operator Ntelos is set to begin rolling out LTE services across its network during the second half of next year, and to have 70% of its potential customers covered by the end of 2014, according to an investor filing by the carrier....
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil's public authorities claimed this is the right time to deploy LTE and move onto the next telecommunication technology, during the opening session of the Futurecom event (read all pieces), held this week in Rio de Janeiro.
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Brazil’s Communication minister Paulo Bernardo has claimed the most efficient way to promote country’s development is reducing taxes by imposing counterparts to the private sector. “We need to tax relief and stimulate companies in Brazil,” he noted during the Brasscom Global IT Forum, held...
Orlando, Fla. – Dish Networks’ plans for the cellular space continued to solidify this week as company co-founder and chairman Charlie Ergen spoke during a keynote session at the PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show. Those plans are likely to involve a partnership with an established...
ORLANDO, Fla. – Echoing sentiment from last week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas, infrastructure players are looking for clarity and certainty when it comes to policy decisions from government regulators.
During an educational session at this week’s PCIA Wireless Infrastructure Show in Orlando,...
The Federal Communications Commission has put U.S. spectrum policy on a path to the world’s first incentive spectrum auction to repurpose broadcast television spectrum for mobile broadband use. But broadcasters appear determined to hold onto their spectrum.
Carriers are supporting the FCC's auction proposals, eager...
Brazil has not yet adopted a regulation for the use of femtocells across the country, but both the minister of communications, Paulo Bernardo, and the president of telecom regulator Anatel, João Rezende, have recognized the importance of small cells to improve telecommunications services.
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LAS VEGAS – If one thing was evident coming out of this week’s Competitive Carriers Association event in Las Vegas – besides a strong distaste for Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility – it’s that carriers outside the “big 2” have a lot riding on...
LAS VEGAS – The hotly competitive nature of the mobile space was clearly evident at this week’s Competitive Carrier Association Annual Convention in Las Vegas where few attending carriers passed on the chance to throw a barb or two at rivals AT&T Mobility and...
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In a world where close to 2 billion people (and rising) use the Internet and spend an average of 70...
Anatel validates spectrum tender: LTE commercialization to begin. Nextel expected to launch 3G network in Brazil by December. Foxconn announcement of U.S.$ 500 million in a new industry plant; and Brazilian government release of new taxes incentives.
These were big themes discussed during this week's...
Mexico’s Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel) has voted to adopt the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT) band plan for the 700 MHz band for mobile services.
Cofetel noted that APT segmentation generates economies of scale which in turn will form an ecosystem of at least three...
Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, signed a law that creates incentives for technological innovation, establishes programs to support broadband network installation and restores digital inclusion projects in the country's public schools. Rousseff did veto Article 34, which would have created tax credits for the telecom...
