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Andrew Seybold - The Rush to 4G

Over the next year, we will be hearing more about the network operators' move to 4G all over the world. I see the shift to 4G as inevitable, but does it need to happen as soon as LTE, for example, Read more...
Tags: UMTS   LTE   HSPA   C Block   Verizon Wireless  

Andrew Seybold - A New Wireless Opportunity!

Great! Chairman Martin of the FCC has decided to auction more spectrum. It is called AWS III (Advanced Wireless Services) and it is made up of 25 MHz of spectrum from 2155 MHz to 2180 MHz. Spectrum Read more...
Tags: Spectrum   M2Z   FCC   C Block   Backend   AWS   Verizon Wireless  

Verizon Wireless: 'Course will abide by the rules

After Google filed a petition with the FCC to insist that the regulator put in place stricter terms for Verizon Wireless' C Block 700 MHz spectrum, which requires open access for devices and Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: Google calls out Verizon Wireless' "open" plans

TODAY'S SPOTLIGHT... Google calls out Verizon Wireless' "open" plansGoogle is petitioning the FCC to obtain a guarantee from Verizon Wireless promising the operator will honor its commitment to open Read more...

AT&T cutbacks lead to mobility gains

The layoffs that AT&T announced last week, which look to put 1.5 percent of its employees out Read more...

AT&T to layoff 1.5 percent of employees

AT&T, feeling the pinch of a shrinking landlines business even as it suffers growing pains in its wireless and TV units, is laying off some 5,000 workers as it reconfigures its workforce. The Read more...
Tags: Landlines   AT&T   C Block   bellsouth   t  

Leap: VZW, AT&T maybe shouldn't bid on D Block

Leap Wireless' SVP and general counsel Robert Irving testified today before the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet about Leap's take on the outcome of the 700 MHz auction. "We Read more...

Operator community butts heads with Google again

Operator community butts heads with Google again The operator community once again finds itself butting heads with the likes of Google as CTIA has now weighed in on the fight over unlicensed Read more...

700 MHz winners reveal plans, no big surprises yet

Now that the FCC anti-collusion restrictions have been lifted, some 700 MHz spectrum winners are champing at the bit to talk about their plans and tout their newly achieved spectral positions. So Read more...
Tags: Qualcomm   LTE   FCC   Deployment   AT&T   C Block   Verizon Wireless  

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