Big markets continue to feed record-setting auction
Bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 look to be parsing back activity heading into the upcoming holiday break, with total new bids per round falling below $500 million. Still a large chunk of change, but less...
According to Consumer Reports’ most recent customer satisfaction survey, a trio of mobile virtual network operators came out on top among postpaid service providers, while the prepaid survey found similar results.
Canada-based Ting topped the postpaid survey, garnering an overall score of 91, just ahead...
Total potential winning bids for the ongoing Auction 97 proceedings have now nearly matched the combined proceeds gleaned from the three previous significant spectrum auctions, with no end yet in sight.
Through this morning’s round 28, total potential winning bids topped $34.6 billion. The latest...
Auction 97 action blew past the $30 billion mark Friday morning as bidders continued to throw billions of dollars at the 1,614 spectrum licenses up for grabs. Following this morning’s round 24, total potential winning bids sat at just over $31 billion. The latest...
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The need for spectrum is becoming grossly apparent as bidding in the ongoing Federal Communications Commission Auction 97 has surpassed just about every estimate through one week of bidding.
Following round 20 on Thursday morning, total potential winning bids had topped $25.7 billion, with...
Claims 50% increase in network speeds
T-Mobile US continued its push to increase network performance, announcing the expansion of its “wideband" LTE service into the Boston area. The carrier said the upgrade provides a 50% increase in network speeds, with claims that some subscribers witnessed...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auction bids passed the $16 billion mark on Tuesday, far in excess of the federal regulatory body’s $10.5 billion minimum goal. Round 16 of bidding will kick-off on Nov. 19.
Dubbed Auction 97, the FCC-led spectrum auction includes a total...
Round 12 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 of AWS-3 spectrum closed with $10.5 billion in bids, already topping the minimum bid amount set by the FCC. Yesterday's bidding closed at $8.91 billion. Major East Coast metropolitan areas that drew nine-figure bids during...
The Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 is already more than halfway to the agency's minimum goal of $10.5 billion in total auction proceeds. At the end of today's first round, the total bid stood at $5.5 billion.
Bidding was heated on Friday with total potential...
After just four rounds of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 97 has surpassed $2.8 billion, or just over one quarter of the auction’s total reserve price.
At the end of the latest round this morning, 1,141 of the 1,614 licenses up for bid had received...
In just the first round, the Federal Communications Commission quickly garnered nearly 20% of what it was hoping to generate from Auction 97, with more than 1,000 licenses attracting bids totaling nearly $1.8 billion.
As is customary in spectrum auctions, the bigger markets generated the most...
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Verizon picks up...
The Federal Communications Commission is set to begin its second wireless spectrum auction of the year this week, with 70 bidders officially qualified to participate in Auction 97.
Those participants will be throwing money at a total of 65 megahertz of spectrum in the 1.7/2.1...
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Sprint: down, but are they out?
Sprint reported dismal earnings last week. As a result, the stock dropped 24% over the...
AT&T is looking to expand its empire south of the border, announcing late Friday that it plans to by Mexican mobile carrier Iusacell for $2.5 billion including the assumption of debt.
The deal is set to close following Grupo Salinas, which is the current owner...
Softbank furthered its control over subsidiary Sprint with the appointment of Nikesh Arora to Sprint’s board of directors. Arora currently serves as vice chairman at Softbank and previously served as CEO of Softbank Internet and Media.
Arora’s appointment expands Sprint’s board to nine members.
“We’re very...
Sprint management shakeup looks to impact network leadership
Story updated to clarify John Saw's previous position
Sprint’s management changes continued today as the mobile operator announced current Softbank EVP and CTO Junichi Miyakawa would take on the newly created role of technical COO.
Sprint explained that in the...
The Federal Communications Commission’s ambitious plan to auction off 600 MHz spectrum licenses returned by broadcasters has been pushed until at least 2016. The FCC was looking to hold the auction proceeding in mid-2015.
In a blog post, Gary Epstein, chair of the FCC’s Incentive...
With consumer demand for mobile services continuing to grow, the Federal Communications Commission is looking to free up additional spectrum assets that would allow mobile operators to meet the demand. The latest move involved a recent notice of inquiry by the FCC to look...
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Apple’s unveiling this week of updated iPad models included a small inclusion that could have a big impact on some mobile operators.
For the first time, Apple is selling a cellular version of its tablet devices with a single SIM card that works for multiple...
The Federal Communications Commission late last week rolled out a notice of proposed rulemaking connected to bidding plans for the planned spectrum auction of 600 MHz licenses.
The NPRM includes the potential to change rules tied to the FCC’s controversial designated entity program, which offers...
RCR Wireless News recently spoke with Trey Hanbury, a partner in Hogan Lovell’s Washington, D.C., office and a member of the law firm’s Technology, Media and Telecoms practice, on a number of Federal Communications Commission proceedings scheduled for the next couple of months tied...
