Spectrum

The Wall Street Journal reports FCC looking at DE abuse The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly looking into revoking the $3 billion bidding discount Dish Network pocketed during the recent …

DEL MAR, Calif. – The continued evolution of LTE is providing fertile ground for the testing industry, and features including carrier aggregation and Voice over LTE were the focus of …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Verizon and AT&T tackle video for value creation When I was a manager in the engineering and operations workforce in Sprint’s local division (later to become Embarq, and then CenturyLink), …

Mobile operators are set to gain access to spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band. The Federal Communications Commission is making 150 megahertz of contiguous spectrum available for mobile broadband and …

T-Mobile US bolsters 1.9 GHz license portfolio, as Ntelos moves to close eastern markets T-Mobile US closed on its $56 million acquisition of 1.9 GHz spectrum licenses covering around 55 …

Wheeler speech at NAB show touts 600 MHz auction benefits for broadcasters Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler took to the stage at this week’s National Association of Broadcasters event …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Canada’s 2.5 GHz spectrum auction latest attempt to increase competition Canada’s quest for deeper mobile competition continues today as the country’s telecom regulator begins what is expected to be a …

As I think back over the recent Competitive Carriers Association 2015 Global Expo in Atlanta for this Generation Wireless column, I begin to see three major trends: leveraging big data …

Select Sprint Apple models inline for software update to support Wi-Fi calling Sprint said it plans to rollout Wi-Fi calling to select iPhone devices over the coming weeks through a …

5G research could include millimeter wave spectrum As the feds consider how high-frequency spectrum could figure into future telecom networks, researchers at NYU Wireless have joined with SiBeam in an effort …

One of the very first lessons taught to telecommunications students is that radio frequency spectrum is a scarce resource. This limitation forces governments and other market players to seek alternatives …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

U.S. Cellular LTE expansion plans look to cover 98% of customer base Regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular said it plans to add more than 600 LTE cell sites this year …

Sprint LTE-A deployment part of $45 million investment Sprint is set to add LTE-Advanced technology and more than 300 jobs by the end of next year as part of a …

Crowd-sourced data said to provide T-Mobile US with more detailed maps Perhaps tired of being dinged for inferior network coverage compared to some of its rivals, T-Mobile US rolled out …

Draft Report and Order looks to unleash up to 150 megahertz of new spectrum for unlicensed, small cell use The Federal Communications Commission took the next step in freeing up …

ATLANTA – Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure added a bit of “big carrier” luster to the CEO panel at this week’s Competitive Carriers Association Global Expo event, as well as taking …

Spectrum auctions, net neutrality and show expansion ATLANTA – RCR Wireless News caught up with Competitive Carriers Association President and CEO Steve Berry on the show floor of this week’s …

ATLANTA – One year after Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son electrified the Competitive Carriers Association stage in San Antonio with bold partnership opportunities for rural and regional mobile carriers, the organization …

ATLANTA – Small cells remain a bit of an outlier for rural and regional carriers, which typically don’t fall into the traditional use cases that small cells are known to …

The Competitive Carriers Association’s upcoming Global Expo event, like many of CCA’s past events, will surely not lack for topics. Since CCA’s last event in September, the mobile telecom space …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

Four hundred-page net neutrality document expected to see legal challenges The Federal Communications Commission released the full Report and Order tied to its net neutrality ruling, which as expected has …