T-Mobile 5G plans are set for a boost as the carrier filed applications for experimental spectrum license usage around its Washington headquarters
T-Mobile US is moving on plans to begin testing of “5G” technologies, filing applications with the Federal Communications Commission to use experimental spectrum...
T-Mobile iPhone available off contract, as carrier launches LTE, new pricing plans; Sprint and SoftBank warned on Huawei deal; and FCC Chairman announces retirement plans … 3 years ago this week
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our...
T-Mobile and NAB filed comments with different perspectives on timing for transitioning 600 MHz broadcast spectrum for use by mobile broadband operators
With the Federal Communications Commission’s 600 MHz incentive auction set to begin March 29, concerns are beginning to grow over the transition of...
FCC Chairman Wheeler cited increased network investment, while Verizon laid out its own open Internet principals ahead of appeals court decision
Just over nine months since going into effect, the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order remains a hot topic item for the telecom space...
In a meeting today with the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, Federal Communications Commissioner Chairman Tom Wheeler touched on the future of "5G" and the attendant spectrum resources.
Wheeler, looking to the future of the "Internet of Things," connected cars and...
104 entities on lists to participate in 600 MHz auction; Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile headline
Verizon Communications, AT&T, Comcast, T-Mobile US and NTT DoCoMo headline a list of companies that have officially made public their plans to participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming...
Looking to help speed the development of 5G technology related to millimeter wave spectrum, NYU Wireless opened up a channel simulator tool based on the group's research and experiments. NYU Wireless is a Brooklyn, New York,-based research center focused on next-generation wireless networks and...
President Barack Obama has taken on a normalization of relations with Cuba and, among the first waves of activity are deregulation of telecom services by the Federal Communications Commission. As part of the move, new reports suggest U.S. mobile giant AT&T is trying to...
FCC Chairman Wheeler and Commissioner Clyburn circulate order to add subsidized broadband to Lifeline program
The Federal Communications Commission this week moved on plans to add broadband connectivity to the government’s Lifeline program.
The FCC said it was circulating an order, backed by FCC Chairman Tom...
On this week’s Carrier Wrap we will look at some of the top carrier news from the past week and talk with FreedomPop about its funding fueled expansion
This week we have a featured interview with Stephen Stokols, CEO and co-founder of mobile virtual network...
Jim Patterson looks at the current set-top box proceeding from the FCC
Fresh off the one-year anniversary of enacting net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission turned its attention to Section 629 of the Telecom Act of 1996. Yes, the STB has been clinging to...
FCC investigation finds Verizon violated consumer privacy with UIDH use, began practice in late 2012
Verizon Wireless was dinged nearly $1.4 million for its use of so-called “supercookies,” which tracked a customers’ mobile Internet traffic without their knowledge or consent.
The fine, which was levied this...
Recently approved Mobile Now Act targets sub-6 GHz bands, feasibility of millimeter-wave spectrum
The federal government’s push to free up additional spectrum resources and for the commercial telecom space and meet a presidential mandate received a boost late last week as a Senate committee approved...
Former Sprint chairman Tim Donahue joins Ligado board
Ligado Networks, which prior to last month was known as LightSquared, added former Sprint Nextel executive Tim Donahue to its power-packed board of directors.
Ligado is looking to take advantage of L-Band spectrum licenses it controls in...
A new report claims DT will not look to sell its stake in T-Mobile during the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction
With one month to go before the Federal Communications Commission is set to begin its highly anticipated 600 MHz spectrum auction proceedings, T-Mobile US...
AT&T said the ESInet NG911 platform will support text messages, eventually pictures and video
In a move to facilitate the upgrade of legacy 911 systems to an IP architecture, AT&T launched its ESInet “next-generation” 911 service the carrier can support text messages, and eventually pictures...
FCC alleges slamming, cramming targeting 'consumers with Hispanic surnames'
Staff at the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau last week proposed fines totaling $29.6 million against four long-distance providers accused of slamming and cramming Hispanic consumers.
Specifically, the FCC is calling out OneLink Communications, TeleDias Communications, TeleUno and...
Carrier Wrap looks into 600 MHz auction strategies for Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile
The Federal Communications Commission’s highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction is soon set to start, with the non-traditional reverse auction proceedings set to begin on March 29, followed by the more traditional...
AT&T 5G plans laid out in FCC filing
Despite claims of skepticism regarding upcoming launch plans from rival Verizon Wireless, AT&T appears set to begin its own “5G” network trials in Austin, Texas.
According to a Twitter post from wireless consultant Steve Crowley, AT&T has filed...
The FCC WTB is set for new leadership with current chief Roger Sherman set to depart
Just ahead of the start of one of the most complicated wireless spectrum auctions ever attempted, the Federal Communications Commission announced the departure of current chief of the Wireless...
A Stanford Law School professor in a paper published January 29, concludes T-Mobile US' Binge On streaming video service, which doesn't count against a subscriber data allotment, "violates key net neutrality principles and harms user choice, innovation, competition and free speech online."
Barbara van Schewick is...
The Federal Communications Commission granted Qualcomm permission for a small-scale LTE Unlicensed trial at two Verizon Wireless locations.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler extended Special Temporary Authority to Qualcomm today, responding to a request from the company as it seeks to test LTE-U equipment at one trial...
Set-top box leasing costs U.S. consumer $20 billion annually
With an eye on driving competition in cable TV, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler on laid out a proposal to open the set-top box market to end costly leasing agreements and open the largely closed...
25 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up is unnecessarily fast, senators say
A group of six U.S. senators this week told the Federal Communications Commission its current broadband benchmark of 25 megabits per second download speeds, 3 Mbps upload speeds could potentially dissuade service providers wary...
