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Ericsson CEO: We have to play the waiting game before taking the next big...
We’ve been starting to hear more about an LTE-Advanced technology called carrier aggregation lately, as mobile operators in South Korea, Australia and the U.S. start rolling out new supercharged...
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FCC revisits the idea of a shared “innovation” band for broadband use
Nearly two years ago, U.S. regulators proposed opening up 100 MHz chunk of federal airwaves for commercial use, creating a shared spectrum band between the government, mobile carriers and the ordinary...
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No airwaves for you! Verizon, AT&T will face bidding limits in incentive auction
Last week the Federal Communications Commission laid out all of its proposed rules for next year’s controversial broadcast airwave incentive auction, save one. It didn’t address the most contentious...
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Here’s a great way to see how the UK’s airwaves are used
The U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom has just released an interactive “map” of the country’s radio spectrum, showing which frequencies are assigned to which use types – all the way from the...
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Google weighed buying spectrum for Project Loon, but opted to rent its...
Google considered turning Project Loon into the world’s biggest mobile operator, buying spectrum around the globe, Google’s Astro Teller said at TechCrunch Disrupt on Tuesday. The idea was that Google...
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Reinventing the internet: How wireless networks could become the workhorses...
Let’s face it: today the internet is wireless. Comcast may provide the coaxial cable into your home. Level 3 and AT&T may build the fiber optic backbone connecting cities. And Google and Netflix...
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The 4G incentive auction rules are set, and a lot of people aren’t happy with...
The FCC on Thursday tied up the enormous complexities of the upcoming broadcast spectrum incentive auction into a very tangled bow. Though the Commission still has to work out some of the technical...
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Foxconn gets into the mobile carrier business, buying stake in Asia Pacific...
Foxconn may be most well known as a key Apple component supplier and iPhone manufacturer, but it is apparently also aiming to make a name for itself as a supplier of 4G data services to iPhones and...
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Washington’s Wi-Fi Friday: FCC, Senate push for more Wi-Fi in schools, more...
Wi-Fi was a big topic of discussions in multiple institutions of our federal government on Friday. Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled a plan today that would put $2 billion in federal...
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Dish looks to stockpile more 4G airwaves
Dish Network is already sitting on a nest egg of 4G frequencies, but this week it told U.S. regulators it wants to acquire more. In a meeting with the Federal Communications Commission on Monday, the...
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What spectrum crisis? First airwave auction in 6 years kicks off with little...
The U.S. mobile industry claims it's desperate for new spectrum. But when the FCC today opened its first mobile broadband airwave auction in a half a decade, not a single major carrier participated....
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Sprint, Nokia squeeze a 2.6 Gbps connection out of a Spark network trial
Sprint and Nokia are showing off their latest feat, but it's doubtful we'll ever see such speeds in real life. Sprint likes to talk about the network it could build, but it never builds it. Sprint,...
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse: Just give us time, and we’ll build the 4G network of...
Sprint has been promising a monster of a 4G network for years, but it's failed to deliver. CEO Dan Hesse says that Sprint still maintains its mobile broadband ambitions, it's just taking longer to...
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Note to the telecom industry: Beware of false models
At the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2015, one of the key debates will be whether to allocate more spectrum to wireless services. Yet, the data that informs this debate is deeply flawed,...
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Dish utterly dominates the PCS spectrum auction, winning all 176 licenses
In what came as a little surprise, Dish Network has walked away with every one of the 176 spectrum licenses the Federal Communications Commission auctioned off in the PCS band last month, according to...
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AT&T’s new souped-up LTE network is live in Chicago, but you’ll have to wait...
AT&T is using a new LTE-Advanced technique called carrier aggregation, which splices two 4G transmissions together to create a fatter mobile broadband pipe. The Galaxy S5 will be one of the first...
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Vivint will use a Gigabit Wi-Fi mesh to power its Utah home broadband service
Vivint has found another use of 802.11ac. Instead of putting it in customers' homes to connect their laptops and smartphones to the home network, it's putting it on rooftops as their primary connection...
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AT&T closes its acquisition of Leap Wireless after getting FCC approval
AT&T had to make a few concessions to get the deal approved, but they were a small price to pay for the big spectrum haul Ma Bell will gain in key markets. AT&T closes its acquisition of Leap...
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A look inside Globalstar’s plan to build an exclusive nationwide Wi-Fi network
Globalstar maybe known for satellite phones today, but if it gets its way it could be supplying private Wi-Fi connections to consumers all over the country using its own boutique broadband spectrum. A...
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GE says micro-machinery is the key to more efficient smartphones and faster...
GE wants to use old-school technology in our newest mobile devices. It's resurrecting the mechanical relay on the microscopic level, saying its mechanical switch technology could squeeze more capacity...
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Qualcomm’s Jacobs aims to predict your heart attack and isn’t sure about VR
Qualcomm's executive chairman isn't sure that virtual reality is the next big computing platform, but he's not willing to get too judgy about the $2 billion Facebook paid for Oculus Rift. Qualcomm’s...
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LA trial finds that broadcasters can share their TV channels
LA stations KLCS and KJLA found that two HD and two SD streams could share the same TV channel. If broadcasters choose to consolidate their airwaves, it could be a boon to the mobile industry. LA trial...
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FCC moves forward on plans for a new 4G auction using shared airwaves
As a Congressional deadline approaches, the FCC laid the groundwork for a new spectrum auction that would infuse new capacity into LTE networks. But there's a catch: Carriers would have to share with...
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Google as a mobile carrier, revisited: Here’s what its network could look like
A report from The Information has revived the rumor that Google wants to become a mobile carrier. If it's true, here's they type of network we think Google would build. Google as a mobile carrier,...
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Another mobile carrier bites the dust: Cincinnati Bell sells its spectrum to...
The ranks of mid-tier regional mobile carriers are shrinking. Cincinnati Bell is exiting the mobile business to focus on its wireline operations. The result: more spectrum for Verizon and fewer carrier...
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Aereo’s CEO on the future of Netflix, TV sports and the public airwaves
Chet Kanojia, the man behind the company that could transform the TV industry, has some very big ideas about how to manage the airwaves and how people will watch television five years from now. Aereo’s...
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Welcome to the spectrum-dome: FCC lays groundwork for its controversial...
The FCC has issued its proposed rules for the 2015 incentive auction, which aims to repurpose a sizable chunk of the UHF TV band for 4G. The FCC will make its first -- but not last -- vote in May....
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CTIA picks former FCC Commissioner as the mobile industry’s chief lobbyist
U.S. mobile industry group CTIA has named former FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker its new CEO and President. She will replace retiring CTIA chief Steve Largent on June 2, and brings a pretty...
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With spectrum partnership, Sprint and T-Mobile figure out a way to collude...
Sprint and T-Mobile may be forced to bid independently in next year's spectrum incentive auction only to find themselves part of the same combined carrier shortly thereafter. A bidding joint venture...
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Different quarter, same story: Sprint customers flee as network construction...
Sprint suffered another big subscriber loss last quarter as both prepaid and postpaid customers departed. Sprint continues to blame the exodus on its ongoing network upgrade. Different quarter, same...
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Sorry, Sprint, T-Mo. The FCC isn’t letting you collude in the upcoming...
Sprint and T-Mobile were reportedly looking to circumvent corporate anti-collusion laws by forming a joint venture to bid in the upcoming incentive auction. The FCC, though, has gotten wise to their...
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Dish’s Charlie Ergen: In the future, most TV viewing won’t happen on TV
TV viewing is shifting from televisions to mobile devices, which is one reason why Dish plans to launch an internet TV service by the end of this year. Dish’s Charlie Ergen: In the future, most TV...
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What’s next for Sprint and T-Mo? It’s all about the spectrum auction, baby
With no merger possibilities on the horizon, Sprint and T-Mobile will have to look at a different acquisition target: spectrum. The 2015 incentive auction will be both carriers' opportunity to get the...
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Small carriers want guarantees they won’t get burned at next year’s spectrum...
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler wants small carrier support for the the upcoming 600 MHz auction, but those carriers are reluctant to give it. They trusted the FCC in the 700 MHz auction and they got screwed....
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T-Mobile picks Ericsson to build its new tricked-out LTE network
Ericsson revealed it's handling T-Mobile's new LTE network expansion into new spectrum, into rural areas and into the nooks and crannies of dense urban areas. T-Mobile picks Ericsson to build its new...
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FCC starts poking around for future 5G airwaves
5G research is gaining momentum worldwide, and it will require new spectrum. Enter the FCC. Chairman Tom Wheeler wants to start investigating the future cellular technology from a regulatory...
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FCC dangles $45 billion in front of TV stations, hoping to jump-start next...
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is making the hard sell to TV broadcasters, enticing them with the possibility of big payouts if they fork over their airwaves for auction. FCC dangles $45 billion in front of...
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Nap time: SK Telecom is putting its cellular networks to sleep
The two companies have developed a technology that idles a portion of the mobile network at night when demand is lowest. This won't just save energy costs. It will create a better performing network....
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4G spectrum auction (but not the big one) starts with $3.4B in bids
The first major U.S. spectrum auction since 2008 got underway on Thursday as carriers across the country looked to add to their 4G spectrum holdings. 4G spectrum auction (but not the big one) starts...
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Verizon starts killing off 3G networks to make room for LTE
Verizon has already launched two distinct LTE networks since it first turned on 4G in 2010, but now it’s started paving the way for the third. Unlike the first two, however, this new network won’t tap...
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Tech firms say schools need more spectrum
If President Obama really wants to put Wi-Fi in every U.S. classroom, then the government will need to release more unlicensed spectrum for public use — or so says WifiForward, a spectrum lobbying...
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T-Mobile pushes LTE to the outskirts of 4 cities
T-Mobile’s 4G network may not have the geographical reach of Verizon’s, but T-Mobile has started taking the first steps to get there. In conjunction with its big rollover data announcement on Tuesday,...
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With $45B in the bids, FCC 4G auction goes on holiday hiatus
It’s been more than a month, but the FCC’s auction of 4G airwaves is still chugging along to the surprise of many mobile industry watchers. With $44.5 billion in bids in 139 rounds so far submitted,...
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Latest FCC auction shatters spectrum myths
The FCC’s Advanced Wireless Services-3 (AWS-3) auction, which is in its final rounds, has harvested close to $45 billion for the U.S. Treasury, more than twice the amount of any previous auction. It’s...
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4G spectrum auction ends, raising a record $45B
It took a grueling two and half months, but the Federal Communications Commission auction of new 4G airwaves is finally over. The provisional winning bids totaled $44.9 billion for 65 MHz of airwaves,...
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AT&T, Verizon, Dish were the big 4G auction spenders
If you were looking for surprise winners out of the blockbuster 4G spectrum auction that ended Thursday, then you’ll likely be disappointed. Only four operators paid more the $1 billion for their...
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Car makers clash with Congress over Wi-Fi
Congress wants U.S. regulators to hurry up and open a chunk of federal 5.9 GHz airwaves for commercial Wi-Fi, which would let more smartphones, tablets and laptops milk faster speeds out of wireless...
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White space broadband gets green light in UK
The British telecoms regulator Ofcom has formally approved the deployment of white-space broadband technology in the U.K., following trials. White space broadband uses the empty buffer zones that are...
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T-Mobile will launch LTE in the Wi-Fi airwaves in 2016
T-Mobile came up short compared to Verizon and AT&T in the last 4G spectrum auction, but it looks like it’s found another source of airwaves, and these won’t cost it anything. At Mobile World...
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Full duplex may be the next breakthrough in mobile networking
Stanford startup Kumu Networks didn’t receive much notice at Mobile World Congress this week as the giants of the mobile industry revealed their plans for 2015, but it did get the attention of two...
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