Canada’s four wireless players are maneuvering for advantage reports the Globe and Mail. It would represent a failure in the government’s years-long push to create more competition in the wireless business, according to the Globe and Mail. Mobile Service in Canada is Overpriced and Anti-Competitive, according to numerous studies. Mobilicity is one of three small [...]
Ruckus Wireless today announced that it was selected by Telecom NZ, the national communications service supplier in New Zealand, to transform conventional payphones into outdoor Wi-Fi hotspots in locations across the country. Telecom’s initial pilot project, completed in less than 12 weeks, outfitted phone booths in holiday locations over this past Christmas in December 2012 [...]
Fierce Wireless reviews the big 600 MHz auction due next year, which will auction off as much as 120 MHz, between TV channels 30-50. The 600 MHz band promises to enhance LTE coverage with even better range than the current 700 MHz band. But the number of licenses put up for auction depends almost entirely [...]
President Obama followed through on expectations today by nominating wireless industry veteran and former lobbyist Tom Wheeler as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Wheeler would be replacing current FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, who announced today that he will be leaving by the middle of the month. Genachowski announced in late March plans to step [...]
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said at a press conference in Tokyo (pdf presentation), that Softbank does not see a need to raise its $20 million offer, and it is a better option than Dish’s $25 million offer. Son said that when Sprint shareholders consider regulatory delays, breakup fees, transaction costs and synergy effects, SoftBank’s offer [...]
Sprint today announced that it had received from SoftBank a waiver to permit Sprint to enter into discussions with DISH for the purpose of clarifying and obtaining further information from DISH regarding its proposal made on April 15, 2013. The SoftBank waiver does not permit Sprint to provide non-public information to DISH nor does it [...]
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