Don't buy spectrum, share the 3.5 GHz band
DALLAS, Texas – Google's principal wireless architect, Preston Marshall, on Monday laid out the benefits of sharing, not buying, access to the 3.5 GHz spectrum band.
The 3.5 GHz band, primarily allocated for use by the U.S. military,...
Fake cell towers, aka stingrays, back in the news
Devices that mimic cell towers, called stingrays and are essentially fake cell towers, are back in the news this week as the U.S. Congress considers creating new regulations on these devices. The move comes after two...
CMA doesn't think BT/EE deal will hurt competition in mobile sector
The U.K.'s competition and consumer authority, CMA, has provisionally cleared BT’s anticipated acquisition of mobile operator EE.
After looking in detail at different markets – including the supply of retail mobile, wholesale mobile, mobile backhaul,...
WASHINGTON – The nation's capital was abuzz following news that the GOP-led Congress and White House had reached a wide-ranging budget compromise that will set federal spending levels for the rest of the Obama administration and into 2017. Among the items included in the omnibus bill...
UK regulator Ofcom plans spectrum auction in early 2016 to bolster LTE, lay groundwork for 5G
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom said it plans to conduct a spectrum auction early next year in a move to bolster domestic LTE operations as well as set the table...
India and Southeast Asia led in terms of revenue growth
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson recorded net income of 3.1 billion kronor ($365 million) in the third quarter of the year, climbing 19% year-on-year, the company said in its earnings statement.
Net revenue for the period totaled...
Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission granted AT&T Mobility a waiver related to voice-over-Wi-Fi calling as it applies to people with hearing problems; competitor Verizon Communications is now following suit.
AT&T's waiver is valid until Dec. 31, 2017, and was granted following a complaint lodged by...
CTIA VP said the move will be ‘critical’ to developing 5G, IoT
WASHINGTON – Following its October open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission discussion on opening up new spectrum is being well-received by the telecom industry.
The FCC issued of a Notice of Proposed Rule Making...
Commissioner: ‘The race to 5G is on and this gets us out the gate’
WASHINGTON – At the Federal Communications Commission open meeting on Oct. 22, commissioners addressed a number of issues that have been circulating the Beltway policy shops including prison phone reform, foreign...
Six prepaid calling card providers found guilty of deceptive marketing
A half-dozen prepaid calling card providers were slapped by the Federal Communications Commission with a combined $30 million in fines for “deceptively marketing” their products.
The FCC found that Locus Telecommunications, Lyca Tel, NobelTel, Simple Network,...
The Competitive Carriers Association’s 2015 Annual Convention featured comments from FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly, who acknowledged CCA and its members for their leadership on behalf of competitive policy issues. CCA’s Annual Convention took place Oct. 7-9 at the Fort Lauderdale Convention...
After much anticipation, the Federal Communications Commission announced opening bid prices for the upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction.
The spectrum auction, currently set to begin March 29, will be different than past events in that it will include a forward auction where television broadcasters...
Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson has signed onto the GMSA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which aims to use technology to bolster crisis response in afflicted areas.
The GSMA established the program in March. According to the trade group, the goal is "to support mobile network operators...
Dropped calls are a big problem in India due to economics and sheer geography presenting hindrances to robust mobile network deployments. Now, national regulator Trai is considering penalizing operators for each dropped call.
The Times of India reports Trai is considering penalizing operators 1 rupee...
WASHINGTON – The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a massive free trade agreement among the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, including Australia, Japan and Singapore. If ratified, the TPP could create the largest free trade zone in the world. However, concerns ranging from farm subsidies...
ARCEP said the auction process will start Nov. 16
France telecom regulator ARCEP confirmed the process to award 30 megahertz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band to support LTE services will kick off Nov. 16.
The regulator previously confirmed the firms submitting applications for the spectrum auction...
The FCC is overhauling RF rules for first time since 1998
WASHINGTON – The federal government is adapting policies to change with the times. Among those polices being updated are those designed to benefit the "Internet of Things" economy. Over the next decade, IoT is...
Deal intended to create larger, contiguous blocks of spectrum in select markets
Carriers T-Mobile US and AT&T, in notifications to the Federal Communications Commission, swapped spectrum blocks in some markets in an effort to boost wireless capacity.
Based on details of the exchange, both carriers come...
Predictions for the spectrum auction haul top $80B, though process could take 9 months
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Federal Communications Commission’s planned 600 MHz incentive auction may not have been the focus of all of the events at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association Annual...
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission has granted carrier AT&T Mobility a waiver related to voice-over-Wi-Fi calling as it applies to people with hearing problems.
The waiver is valid until Dec. 31, 2017. This comes following a complaint lodged last week by AT&T Mobility that competitors Sprint...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a full hearing that examined "removing barriers to wireless broadband deployment,” against the backdrop of lawmakers considering policies to encourage investment in more broadband.
Among the bills currently circulating the House and Senate...
A draft of the “Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015" is currently circulating the House Communications Subcommittee in hopes of creating a framework for the Federal Communications Commission’s reclaimed wireless broadband spectrum auction.
The proposed bill would ask the FCC to work with the National Telecommunications...
Former Rep. Rick Boucher of Virginia's 9th and the Internet Innovation Alliance talks policy
WASHINGTON – The federal government’s policy regarding the telecom industry is very much in flux. A plethora of issues regarding telecom policies – first raised in an era when the Internet and...
The European Court of Justice, the E.U. equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court, today ruled the Safe Harbor data transfer agreement void, presenting a challenge to tech companies like Amazon or Facebook that use the deal to move personal data from the European Union...
