Big Changes and Expansion for Verizon Wireless
In a press release issued on April 18, Verizon Wireless announced plans to make all of its 700 MHz A and B spectrum licenses available in an open sale. The licenses were acquired in Auction 73...
View ArticleCox Files Countersuit Against Sprint
Bloomberg reports in an April 17 article that Cox Communications Inc. has filed suit in federal court in Delaware against its former business partner Sprint Nextel over patent infringement. The...
View ArticleMobile Data Boosting Profits?
An April 19 New York Times article discussed the declining growth rate in new wireless customers, highlighting Verizon Wireless. In the first quarter of 2012, the company noted a 16% drop in new...
View ArticleIIA Hosts Spectrum Event on Capitol Hill
Yesterday, Meagan Foster and I attended the Internet Innovation Alliance’s (IIA) Capitol Hill briefing entitled “20 Years Later: Are We Winning or Losing the Spectrum War.” Meagan is in charge of...
View ArticleU.S. Cellular Buys 700 MHz Licenses
On July 17, Wirelessweek.com reported that U.S. Cellular agreed to purchase seven lower 700 MHz A block licenses from Actel, a subsidiary of CenturyLink. According to U.S. Cellular, it will use the...
View ArticleVerizon – CableCo Deal Receives DOJ Approval
An August 15 article in Bloomberg Business Week reported that the Department of Justice approved the deal between Verizon Wireless and SpectrumCo. (Comcast, Bright House Networks and Time Warner...
View ArticleVerizon Selling Spare 700 MHz Spectrum
Verizon Wireless announced the sale of 700 MHz spectrum in rural areas. Panhandle Telecommunications Systems and Nortex Communications are the first to ink deals with the telecommunications behemoth....
View ArticleVerizon Continues to Shed 700 MHz Spectrum
Coming on the heels of an agreement to sell spectrum to smaller carriers earlier this month, Verizon Wireless announced last week that it is selling a larger chunk of its lower 700 MHz B-block licenses...
View ArticleFinding ‘Lifeboats’ for Spectrum Use
Policy Perspectives While we’re always emphasizing that “wireless needs wires” in talking about the value of the services you offer and the networks you build in rural areas, many of you have wireless...
View ArticleAT&T Buying Verizon 700 MHz Spectrum
The two dominant wireless players are keeping spectrum in the family. Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. announced that AT&T has agreed to acquire 39 lower 700 MHz B-block licenses from Verizon for...
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