BROWSING: Spectrum

Canada’s plans to auction 700 MHz spectrum licenses will be contested by 15 entities looking to get their hands on wide-reaching spectrum set to be up for bidding beginning Jan. 14. Entrants will include established wireless giants Rogers Communications, Bell Mobility and Telus Communications, as...

LAS VEGAS – One of the biggest issues facing rural carriers is having continued access to new spectrum resources, which has been a central rallying point for the Competitive Carriers Association. Boosting that call, CCA hosted a panel consisting of regulatory personal from a...

The Federal Communications Commission has set Jan. 14 as the day it plans to begin auctioning off 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 1.9 GHz band, also known as the H-Block. Licenses involved in Auction 96 will be offered up on an “Economic Areas”...

Concern over rules proposed for the upcoming auction of 700 MHz spectrum licenses in Canada continues to simmer, as this week Bell Canada threw its voice behind those questioning the government’s current plans to limit bidding opportunities for established wireless carriers in favor of...

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 advanced wireless services (1.7/2.1 GHz) spectrum band auction in Peru is scheduled for July 22. ProInversión announced that four carriers have qualified to bid in the auction that will enable LTE deployment in the country. The participating telecom operators are: Telefónica Móviles (Movistar),...

The battle to shape the rules for the Federal Communications Commission’s planned auction of 600 MHz spectrum licenses continued late last week as T-Mobile US put forth its ideas on how the government should conduct the highly anticipated bidding process. The carrier’s plans, obviously, favor...

The Canadian government said it plans to more actively promote competition in the wireless space, announcing a number of decisions today that it said would ensure that consumers have at least four choices in wireless communications across every region of the country. The moves...

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 Australian Communications and Media Authority...

Verizon Wireless’ recent dividend payments to parent companies Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group could begin to slow as the wireless carrier turns to paying down its own debt and prepares for upcoming spectrum auctions. Speaking at the JP Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference...

Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications has received six applications from telecom operators interested in participating in the frequency band auction aimed at deploying LTE across the country. The interested firms were DirecTV, Avantel, ETB, Claro, Telefónica and a consortium of companies led by...

Colombia’s LTE auction has a date. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (Mintic) set the auction for June 26, hoping to generate up to $250 million for the treasury. In a move to inject some competition in the market, regulators said that dominant...

Canada’s telecommunications regulatory body, Industry Canada, said it would begin auctioning off spectrum in the 700 MHz band on Nov. 19, as part of the government’s plans to bolster competition across the country’s wireless industry. The auction is set to use a “combinatorial clock auction...

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 United Kingdom moved one step closer to broad “4G” deployments, with government regulator Ofcom announcing the winning bids for spectrum licenses in the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz band. Those bids generated $3.5 billion in revenue for government coffers, which was well below...

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...

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...

Uruguay will auction spectrum frequencies in the 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 1.7-2.1 GHz bands. The Regulatory Unit of Communications Services (URSEC) announced that it has made the auction bidding terms and conditions  available to interested parties. The blocks to be auctioned are: According to...

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...

Bolivia is set to auction several blocks of spectrum in the 1.5/1.6 GHz; 1.7 /2.1 GHz; 1.9 GHz and 700 MHz nationwide. The Regulation and Supervision Authority for Telecommunications and Transport (ATT is its Spanish acronym) presented the bidding schedule for the 2013 management. Follow RCR...

United Kingdom telecommunications regulator Ofcom released the names of seven companies qualified to participate in the government’s upcoming auction of spectrum licenses designed to support LTE-based services. Ofcom noted that bidders will include Everything Everywhere, which is a joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and...

The Federal Communications Commission laid out rules for spectrum recently approved for use by Dish Networks, including build out requirements, as well as rules for 10 megahertz of spectrum it expects to auction off next year. The government agency noted that Dish Networks, should it...

The Federal Communications Commission made a small step in bringing additional wireless spectrum assets to market by freeing up 40 megahertz of spectrum in the 2 GHz band for terrestrial mobile services. That spectrum was originally set aside for satellite-based telecommunications services and is...

Peru's regulatory agency, OSIPTEL, has prohibited telecom operators from using the term "4G" or "Fourth Generation" to market their products. Lenka Zajec, the agency's corporate communications manager, told RCR Wireless News that the measure is based on the need to ensure the accuracy of information...