The FCC has taken a first step toward re-auctioning the 700MHz “D block” in the 700 MHz band.
The FCC voted to ask for public comments (pdf) on how to re-auction the 10MHz piece of spectrum. Commissioners wanted to pair it with another 10MHz controlled by public-safety agencies to build a nationwide network shared by public-safety [...]
Sweden has concluded their auction of 2.6 GHz spectrum by the National Post and Telecom Agency (PTS). Auctioning 190 MHz in the in the 2.6 GHz band raised a total of SEK 2.1 billion (USD 346 million).
Five companies won licenses. Intel Capital acquired one block of 50 MHz TDD spectrum for USD 26.2 million. [...]
T-Mobile became the last major mobile carrier to announce a 3G network today, but the first major carrier to utilize the AWS band (1.7/2.1 GHz) in New York City. But unlike Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon, T-Mobile’s 3G system is focused primarily on voice, not data. T-Mobile plans to expand their AWS service to 20 to [...]
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the requirement that Sprint Nextel vacate some of their wireless channels adjoining public safety channels.
Sprint, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, must clear certain channels by June 26, the appeals court ruled. The company is swapping spectrum with the public safety agencies to eliminate radio interference
The deadline was set [...]
NextWave plans to sell its U.S. wireless spectrum, ending all pretensions of becoming a mobile operator and allowing the carrier-turned-vendor to focus exclusively on its multi-faceted equipment and software businesses, says Telephony Magazine.
NextWave has hired a pair of financial consultants, Deutsche Bank and UBS Investment Bank, to find a buyer for its 223 licenses divided [...]
DISH Network (Echostar) and Alcatel-Lucent today announced that DISH Network will test the DVB-SH mobile broadcast technology in the United States. The ultimate objective is to validate the performance and cost-efficiency of the DVB-SH standard.
The DVB-SH standard (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds), is an evolution of DVB-H mobile television standard, and has [...]
Australia’s 20 biggest cities could be covered by a A$500 million ($467 million U.S.) commercial-grade mobile WiMax network within two years, reports Computer World.
Joe Nardone, Intel’s global general manager of WiMax business development, told Computerworld that pre-WiMAX operator Unwired has mapped out plans for a national mobile WiMax network. Intel is an investor in [...]
Alvarion today announced commercial availability and FCC authorization for its 802.16e BreezeMAX 3650 base station and customer premises equipment.
“BreezeMAX 3650 leverages the same mature and field-proven Alvarion 802.16e Open WiMAX technology chosen by many operators around the world,” said Adlane Fellah, Senior Analyst and Founder of Maravedis.
The BreezeMAX 3650 supports self-install CPE, with [...]
Public-safety groups scrambled to salvage support for a shared public/private national wireless broadband network, following calls by some House Republicans to abandon in the 700 MHz D-Block re-auction, reports RCR Wireless News.
“APCO International believes a public-private partnership between the D Block and public safety is currently the most viable option for funding and deployment of [...]
All five members of the Federal Communications Commission appeared before Congress Tuesday (witness list) to testify about what went wrong with a key aspect of the agency’s recently completed 700MHz spectrum auction, and to hear lawmakers’ views of what to do next.
Kevin Martin, the commission’s Republican chairman, was credited by lawmakers for the fact the [...]
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