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FCC extends review period for Verizon's AWS spectrum deal

News The saga of Verizon's proposed AWS spectrum from a handful of cable companies continues today. The FCC has revealed that it's extended its informal 180-day period to review the deal by a full 21 days, which is the result of Verizon and the cable...

AT&T, T-Mobile AWS spectrum transfer approved by the FCC

At&t - T-Mobile Acquisitio As part of the break-up fee that AT&T will be giving T-Mobile after the death last year's proposed acquisition involving the two companies, AT&T agreed to hand over $3 billion in cash and $1 billion worth of spectrum to T-Mobile. Three months after...

T-Mobile CEO doesn't feel Verizon's 700MHz spectrum sale is enough to reduce concerns over AWS deals

News Last week Verizon announced that it'd be holding a sale of some of its 700MHz spectrum, but only if its proposed acquisition of AWS spectrum from a handful of cable companies is given the green light. However, it seems that T-Mobile isn't a fan of...

Verizon to hold sale of 700MHz spectrum if its AWS spectrum purchases are approved

News Verizon has announced plans to put some of its 700MHz A and B block spectrum licenses up for sale, but only if its purchases of AWS spectrum from SpectrumCo, Cox and Leap Wireless are given the green light. The carrier explains that if it does...

FCC to investigate 700MHz interoperability, may allow Dish to build LTE network

4g A couple of interesting tidbits of news have come out of an FCC meeting that took place this morning. First up, the FCC has said that it'll begin looking into the possibility of reassigning the 2GHz band that's currently classified as Mobile...

Reader reactionsVirgin Mobile service returns after data, text outage

News Good news for Virgin Mobile customers this morning, as the carrier has reported that service has been restored following an outage that hit yesterday. The outage affected both text and data services nationwide, but Virgin now says that the issue has...

FCC asks Verizon for more information on its spectrum needs

News Last month we saw Sprint, T-Mobile and several other groups ask the FCC to put Verizon's purchase of AWS spectrum from a handful of cable companies on hold. The agency hasn't gone that far, at least not yet, but it has asked Verizon to share some...

Sprint, T-Mobile ask FCC to pause its review of Verizon spectrum purchase

News We already knew that there were some folks that aren't totally thrilled with Verizon's planned purchase of spectrum from several cable companies, and now a large group of firms have asked the FCC to pause its 180-day review of Verizon's deal....

T-Mobile, others want the FCC to block Verizon's cable company spectrum purchase

News Back in December, we learned that Verizon had agreed to drop a total of $3.9 billion on spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Cox Communications. It seems that there are a few other carriers that are not terribly...

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Nokia Siemens Networks HSPA+ Multiflow allows a device to connect to two cell sites at once

Mwc 2012 There will be plenty of companies showing off their wares at Mobile World Congress later this month, and today Nokia Siemens Networks announced what it has up its sleeve for the big show. Called HSPA+ Multiflow, the technology allows devices to...

Sprint website offers details on iDEN tower reductions

News Sprint has said in the past that it's planning to phase out iDEN as part of its Network Vision project, and now the carrier has put together a website for Nextel users to let them know when it plans to begin reducing iDEN towers in its various...

Sprint gives LightSquared March deadline to gain FCC approval for LTE network

News LightSquared hasn't been having much luck in its quest to earn FCC approval for its plans to build out a nationwide LTE network, and today Sprint revealed that if the company can't get approval by soon, a deal struck between the two last year will...

UpdatedVerizon offers an explanation for its recent 4G LTE outages

4g As I'm sure many of you know, Verizon's 4G LTE network has had a bit of a rough December, suffering from three different outages that knocked out the carrier's speedy data coverage for short periods of time. What you may not know, though, is exactly...

Sprint builds out first LTE cluster in Illinois

4g Ever heard of Kankakee, Ill.? The Midwestern city is making some headlines today because it's home to the first cluster of Sprint LTE cell towers. In its announcement, Sprint said that its completing field testing with the new towers and that it's...

UpdatedVerizon experiencing another data outage [UPDATED]

4g The month of December hasn't been kind to Verizon and its network, as the carrier has run into data outages twice in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the tail end of the month is going to be much better, as numerous reports of...

AT&T announces that its purchase of 700MHz Qualcomm spectrum is complete

4g And just like that, AT&T's deal is done. Nope, not that one. This one. AT&T today announced that it's officially completed its purchase of 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm, an agreement that we first learned of a little over a year ago. The deal will...

UpdatedVerizon hit with another major data outage [UPDATED]

4g Having problems checking a Twitter feed on your Verizon handset while enjoying a bowl of cereal this morning? You're not the only one, as Verizon's network seems to be down for users across the country. Both 3G and 4G data have been affected, and a...

Verizon's recent spectrum deals to be examined by Department of Justice

News As I'm sure many of you have noticed, Verizon's been on a bit of a spectrum shopping spree as of late, agreeing to drop $3.6 billion on AWS licenses from the cable group SpectrumCo as well as another $315 million to Cox for more AWS spectrum. It...

Verizon to pay $315 million to Cox for AWS spectrum

News Verizon's spectrum shopping spree continues today, as Cox Communications and Verizon have agreed to a swap that'll see the former selling the latter some AWS spectrum in exchange for $315 million. The spectrum that Cox is giving up 20MHz of Advanced...

Verizon drops $3.6 billion on AWS spectrum from cable company group

4g The big news that most of us are waiting for Verizon to spill the beans on concerns a a little device named Galaxy Nexus, but this morning Big Red took the time to make another announcement that's just as (if not more) huge. Today Verizon revealed...