700 mhz auction

The push for LTE in rural markets gained further momentum as Cellular South Inc. reported a partnership with Samsung Telecommunications America to build an LTE network using the carrier’s 700 …

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One small issue with Verizon Wireless’ plans to roll out nationwide LTE services using its 700 MHz spectrum was the fact it did not control 700 MHz spectrum covering Alaska, …

As it tries to draft a national broadband communications plan, The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on how broadband access touches a variety of segments in the United States, …

The wireless industry suddenly faces a delay of its own, with digital TV legislation likely headed to the White House soon that will force wireless carriers to wait about four …

The state of New York may have struck out for the time being in building a statewide public-safety communications network, but New York City continues to make progress on a …

Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s prophecy has been realized: The new president will indeed confront a crisis of global proportions during his first six month’s in office. In fact, the moment …

Public-safety organizations asked President-elect Barack Obama to exclude spectrum designated for first responders in any plan to delay the transition to digital television next month.The Obama-Biden transition team last week …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin, with time dwindling to move top policy priorities as a new administration prepares to assume power in January, is laying the groundwork to win …

The mobile-phone industry has dropped a legal challenge to the open-access condition imposed on a third of the 700 MHz spectrum auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission earlier this year. …

An association of rural wireless providers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to re-impose a spectrum cap in light of the growing market presence of AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless in …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin signaled the agency is prepared to fix a roaming snag faced by wireless providers delayed in constructing networks because spectrum licenses won at major …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is coming under mounting pressure to back off a controversial plan to auction a national wireless Internet license that would require the winning bidder …

The Federal Communications Commission begrudgingly agreed to a brief public comment extension on a controversial free-wireless Internet plan. The plan is opposed by major mobile-phone carriers, which fear interference to …

Two key House Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission not to attach conditions to advanced wireless services-3 spectrum and to forgo approval of final rules for that band until after …

The Federal Communications Commission is rushing toward auctioning too much spectrum in too short a period of time and is going to be disappointed with the results. While auctioning 25 …

Comments on what the FCC should do with the 700 MHz D Block ran the gamut, with some urging the agency to tighten its rules on a public-private sharing of …

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN KEVIN MARTIN APPEARS DETERMINED to win approval for a free, family-friendly national wireless broadband plan, despite being forced to delay an upcoming vote on the measure …

VERIZON WIRELESS’ PLAY for Alltel Communications L.L.C. may not necessarily trigger a classic battle over whether the government should block the deal, but rather could ignite considerable controversy over whether …

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THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SET A JUNE 20 DEADLINE for public comment on D-Block revisions, but already the agency has begun receiving suggestions from industry, public safety and academics. Most …

Federal regulators – in Congress and at the Federal Communications Commission – increasingly seem fed up with wireless service providers. Ironically, it is the very success of the largest wireless …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin scheduled a vote on rules for another major spectrum auction, one that would encompass 25 megahertz in the 2155-2180 MHz advanced wireless services band …

Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page said there are not technical impediments to making vacant television channels – white spaces – available for unlicensed wireless broadband access, but that powerful lobbying …