700 mhz auction

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A coalition of wireless and high-tech groups urged the Senate Commerce Committee to keep intact the legislative framework that gives public safety additional radio frequencies while rolling out digital TV, …

Senate lawmakers blasted Bush administration policy-makers over the implementation of a $43.5 million matching grant program to upgrade emergency dispatch centers so they can receive and process enhanced 911 location …

WASHINGTON-A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have potentially stalled the auction of 700 MHz spectrum, scheduled for 2008. A lawsuit by Public Citizen, filed in the U.S. …

WASHINGTON—A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that could have potentially stalled the auction of 700 MHz spectrum, currently scheduled for 2008. A lawsuit by Public Citizen, filed in the …

WASHINGTON-Next month’s advanced wireless services auction, anticipated for years due to the infusion of an additional 90 megahertz of spectrum into the U.S. wireless industry, may come to be remembered …

WASHINGTON-Wireless industry veterans with access to significant financial and political resources soon intend to ask policymakers to scrap plans to auction a large swath of 700 MHz spectrum being surrendered …

WASHINGTON-Efforts must be made to ensure the 700 MHz spectrum from the transition to digital TV is not all won by established operators, a consumer advocate told Congress Thursday afternoon. …

WASHINGTON-While the 107th Congress will not be remembered for major telecom and high-tech legislative achievements, there is a potential silver lining that could become gold for industry when lawmakers return …

WASHINGTON- Bidders are slowly dropping out of the bidding in the auction for 700 MHz C- and D-block licenses, but not much has changed in the results of the bidding …

WASHINGTON-Three rural senators on Thursday told the Federal Communications Commission that its rules for the 700 MHz C- and D-block auction currently set for Aug. 27 did not follow the …

SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will not participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed auction of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The company noted its decision was …

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is expected to introduce legislation next week directing the Federal Communications Commission to go forward with the 700 …

WASHINGTON—As expected, U.S. legislators on Wednesday introduced the Auction Reform Act of 2002 to delay the 700 MHz auction. “I am delighted that 52 members of the [House Commerce Committee] …

WASHINGTON—As expected, the telecom quartet on Wednesday introduced the Auction Reform Act of 2002 to delay the 700 MHz auction. “I am delighted that 52 members of the [House Commerce …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, lacking solid options and clear direction from the Bush administration, likely will be forced to postpone a final decision in July on spectrum for third-generation wireless …

WASHINGTON-Whether the nation is plagued with daunting deficits or buoyed by gushing surpluses, spectrum auctions remain a lightning rod for controversy as the revenue-generating wireless licensing tool becomes inextricably intertwined …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out programs designed to bridge the Digital Divide, components of the president’s $1.96 trillion budget that …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out past Internet programs, as components of the president’s US$1.96 trillion budget that signals the White House’s …

News of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to delay the auction of 700 MHz spectrum from March to September, caused a slight panic for shareholders of Nextel Communications Inc. stock …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission took several actions to try to clarify the transition from analog to digital TV broadcasting and when the wireless industry will have access to those channels. …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless, which has spent almost $9 billion for personal communications services licenses, asked the Federal Communications Commission last week to delay the March 6 auction of 700 MHz licenses …

CHICAGO-“Spectrum is like money, everyone always wants more of it and you can never get enough of it,” said Mark Kelley, chief technology officer of Leap Wireless International Inc. It …

The immediate problem has been solved. The 700 MHz auction has been postponed to March 6. Now the government quickly must decide on a long-term strategy for the use of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week delayed the auction of commercial licenses in the 700 MHz band, while proceeding with plans to auction licenses for guard-band managers and proposing service …