Scheduled conveniently ahead of next week’s Competitive Carrier Association event, Verizon Wireless this week kicked off its second LTE in Rural America program. The event is designed to bring together smaller wireless operators looking to launch LTE services with the help of the nation’s...
AT&T Mobility’s plans to limit use of Apple’s FaceTime video chat service to either Wi-Fi connections or to cellular connections running through its Mobile Share plans has garnered official ire from a handful of public interest groups.
Free Press, Public Knowledge and the New...
Apple’s expected unveiling of its latest iPhone iteration tomorrow is set to not only throw a new, shiny weapon into the white-hot smartphone wars, but also impact how domestic wireless carriers are positioned heading into the all-important holiday shopping season.
Most analysts expect the new...
Regional wireless operator C Spire launched LTE services in a handful of markets across Mississippi today, with plans to offer service in 37 markets by the end of the year.
C Spire noted that the initial offering covers McComb, Brookhaven, Meridian and Greenville, Miss., which...
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 this week in history.
The Argentinian government has canceled its plans to auction wireless spectrum and instead allocated 25% of 3G spectrum to the state-owned satellite operator, Arsat. To justify the move, the government said it would prevent a monopoly. The announcement was made on Wednesday, startling the...
CARTAGENA, Colombia—"Before the end of this year, we hope to have more operators to offer LTE services,” said Colombian ICT Minister Diego Molano Vega, during the opening session Andicom (read all pieces), the largest Colombian ICT event. Colombia has already assigned all of its 3G...
Brazilian wireless carriers want the 700 MHz band for deploying LTE. And the government might auction this spectrum band ahead of schedule, sometime next year. The primary issue is that the 700 MHz band is used for analog television signal—and the digital TV transition plan states that all...
The auction that will allow the deployment of LTE telecom networks in Peru is expected to take place during the first half of next year. The Agency for Promotion of Private Investment (ProInversión) will grant the allocation of two blocks in the bands of...
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Puerto Rico’s telecommunications market exhibits the dichotomy characteristic of most liberalized markets: hyper-competition on the mobile service...
United Kingdom regulatory body Ofcom today approved Everything Everywhere’s request to use its existing 1.8 GHz spectrum holdings to offer LTE or WiMAX services. That spectrum band was initially required to house GSM-based 2G and 3G services.
In its decision, Ofcom noted that by...
The Chilean government announced that it will soon accept bids for the installation of 1,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in locations across Arica and Punta Arenas. It is part of a program named the Digital Agenda under which the government is working to build a public...
The Brazilian government has great ambitions for its information technology (IT) sector. Yesterday, the government unveiled a vast investment program totaling U.S.$247.65 million (R$500 million) over the 2012-2015 period, which aims to improve and increase software development, boosting both the software and IT service...
AT&T late last week reiterated its opposition to a government mandate that the carrier include lower A-Block support to its 700 MHz plans, citing continued interference concerns and currently available devices and equipment already supporting that spectrum band.
A number of regional operators and trade...
Due to the rapid adoption of tablets and new bandwidth intensive applications, mobile data traffic doubled in 2011 and user demand is expected to increase 18-times by 2016. This tremendous capacity growth
Spain's Telefónica faces a major challenge to its Peru-based Movistar operations as the government is evaluating the renewal of three of its operating licenses. Movistar is the largest telecom group in the country, holding about 60% of country’s wireless market share.
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Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) and the Spectrum Agency (ANE) have once again postponed the auction of spectrum licenses set to support LTE services. The delay was announced during the International Spectrum Congress held this week, when officials presented a document...
I believe I have mentioned before that I would rather get punched in the stomach than give a wireless carrier a compliment, but this week it looks like I am going to have to toughen up and take one in the gut.
To the surprise of few, Verizon Wireless and a handful of cable operators will need to make changes to their current spectrum deal in order to gain government approval. However, those changes appear to be modest and set the stage for government approval of...
Published reports indicate that Verizon Wireless’ plans to acquire wireless spectrum from a handful of cable companies is on the verge of government approval, with conditions.
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that anti-trust regulators were set to approve Verizon Wireless’ $3.9 billion transaction...
AT&T’s aggressive moves in the spectrum space are set to include some internal adjustments as the carrier noted in a recent government filing that it expects to have its current 2G-based GSM/EDGE network shuttered by the end of 2016. The move would allow the...
AT&T’s lust for wireless spectrum knows no bounds as the carrier today filed petitions with the Federal Communications Commission seeking various 700 MHz licenses from a handful of small license owners. The moves follow the announcement earlier today that AT&T was looking to acquire...
AT&T’s desire for wireless spectrum sent them back in time today as the nation’s No. 2 carrier announced plans to acquire NextWave Wireless (yes, that NextWave) for $650 million. The deal will supply AT&T’s wireless operations with spectrum in the 1.7/2.1 GHz and 2.3...
Verizon Wireless has agreed to make a $1.25 million “voluntary” payment to the United Stated Treasury in connection with an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission into the carrier not complying with licensing requirements associated with its 700 MHz C-Block spectrum. The requirements in...
