FCC chairman Tom Wheeler wants to make it easier for schools and libraries to get federal funds for Wi-Fi networking. Meanwhile, the Senate is putting political pressure on the FCC to… Read more »
Foxconn won a 4G license in Taiwan’s recent spectrum auction. Now it appears set to use it with the help of established Taiwanese mobile carrier Asia Pacific Telecom. Read more »
Verizon and AT&T aren’t getting the auction they wanted, but they’re not the only one’s upset with the FCC’s auction framework. The rules, however, were a big win for smaller carriers… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the FCC, has a message for Silicon Valley. He’s on your side, in both caring about the issues and his seeming reluctance to make actual regulations. Read more »
Dish Network’s(s dish) courtroom dance with LightSquared appears to have concluded. Reuters reports that the committee overseeing LightSquared’s bankruptcy auction confirmed Dish has withdrawn its $2.2 billion bid for the company,… Read more »
AT&T’s planned LTE network in the AWS band looked like a forgotten dream when it was forced to give up its licenses after the AT&T-T-Mobile merger failed. But AT&T is trying… Read more »
Verizon has owned these 700 MHz licenses for six years but never found a use for them. One’s man trash is another’s treasure. By buying these licenses T-Mobile can build an… Read more »