Wireless carriers continue to position their points of view in front of the Federal Communications Commission ahead of expected rule making linked to the planned 600 MHz incentive auction.
The latest salvo came from AT&T, which claims that the Competitive Carriers Association, which represents many...
Verizon Communications late last week threw in its two-cents worth in terms of the Federal Communications Commission’s plans to craft rules for its highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction, which is scheduled for mid-2015.
Having sat out most of the early arguments in the process,...
The Federal Communications Commission looks set to limit bidding participation on some carriers for its planned 600 MHz incentive auction currently scheduled for next year. The limitations are set to impact carriers with substantial sub-1 GHz holdings, and while no names were named, AT&T...
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The Federal Communications Commission continues to make progress on setting rules for its highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction, with FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler noting in a blog post late last week that he has sent a draft “report and order” on the process...
Reacting to recent reports that the Federal Communications Commission was looking at limiting auction participation by larger operators, AT&T threatened to possibly sit out the FCC’s planned 600 MHz incentive auction, which could lead to lower overall auction revenues.
In a filing with the FCC,...
The merger between Colombian state telco UNE and Millicom's Colombian unit Tigo has received approval from the country’s regulator for industry and commerce, the SIC. Once merged, they will account for 135 megahertz of spectrum, and the SIC has determined that the companies should...
Published reports indicate that the Federal Communications Commission is planning on setting aside some 600 MHz spectrum for smaller operators, preventing the nation’s two largest operators from bidding on those assets.
Citing people “familiar with the matter,” The Wall Street Journal reported that FCC will...
The Colombian regulator needs more power to increase competition in the telecommunications sector, according to a new report from the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). The report does recognize that Colombia has done a lot to strengthen the rules governing its telecom sector, but...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
AT&T and T-Mobile US continued their position battle ahead of the Federal Communications Commission’s planned release of rules for the highly anticipated 600 MHz incentive auction, which are expected to be announced next month.
In a blog post, AT&T VP of federal regulatory Joan...
SAN ANTONIO – The Competitive Carriers Association’s Global Expo kicked off with a keynote question-and-answer session with Roger Sherman, acting chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau continuing to set modest expectations for the FCC’s planned incentive auction process set to begin...
With the Federal Communications Commission’s plans for its highly anticipated incentive auction process set to begin mid-2015, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler spoke at a Washington, D.C., think tank event to provide an update on the process as well as plans to free up spectrum...
Spectrum has always been a lynchpin of the mobile industry, perhaps even more so over the past few years as consumers have flocked to data-hungry devices and applications that have taxed the infrastructure of wireless carriers.
In an attempt to feed the need for...
It took just seven new rounds of bidding on Thursday for the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 to come to a close, with bidding conveniently coming to a halt as the auction’s total winning bids reached the minimum reserve price agreed to before the...
An increase in the number of bidding rounds did nothing to hasten the conclusion of the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 as bids continued to trickle in for yet another day.
Prior to the start of Wednesday’s activities, the FCC increased the number of bidding...
The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to auction off 176 spectrum licenses in the upper 1.9 GHz band has hit the painful level as new bids continue to drip in. A day after Auction 96 hit a new low of 22 new bids spread out...
The Federal Communications Commission’s H-Block spectrum auction has slowed to a painful crawl as the number of new bids Monday hit an all-time low.
A total of 22 new bids were placed across 12 rounds of action totaling under $4 million in new funds, which...
Somehow, someway, the Federal Communications Commission’s Auction 96 made it to the weekend as bids continued to trickle in.
Friday witnessed 82 new bids through the 12 rounds of activity, which was actually a slight increase from the previous day. Nearly half of the new...
Bidding nearly ceased on Thursday in the Federal Communications Commission Auction 96, with one of the dozen rounds conducted garnering only a single new potential winning bid. The auction, which includes 176 H-Block economic area spectrum licenses, is set to conclude once a round...
The Canadian government’s plans to introduce competition into that country’s wireless space through stringent spectrum rules met with limited success as results from its auction of 700 MHz spectrum licenses were announced. The country’s three dominate players, Rogers Communications, Telus and Bell Canada, all...
Could the end of Auction 96 finally be near?
Following a lackluster day of bidding, the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction of 176 economic area licenses in the 1.9 GHz band looks to have perhaps found itself about to call it a day. Through nine...
