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NewsVerizon gets first open network device
The first device to take advantage of Verizon Wireless' Open Development Initiative has been certified and is ready to deploy. SupplyNet Communications has released a battery-powered modem for Read more...
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...
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...
Google admits it never intended to win spectrum
Now that the 700 MHz auction winners are revealing their plans for the spectrum, Google is admitting it bid in the auction but never really intended to win the spectrum. Instead, in a corporate blog, Read more...
FCC chairman denies Skype's Carterphone petition
During yesterday's keynote address, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin drew applause from the audience when he announced Read more...
CTIA Day 1 Keynote: FCC chairman dismisses Skype petition
During today’s keynote address, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin drew applause from the audience when he announced that the commission was going to deny Skype’s petition to apply the “Carterphone” Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Analysts leery about open access promises
According to an AP report, some analysts believe that Verizon Wireless may not live up to all the hype surrounding open access provisions: "It's unreasonable to expect these guys to go radically Read more...
Auction Results: Verizon Wireless wins the C-Block, AT&T and Echostar take smaller slicesAs predicted, Verizon Wireless was the big winner for the 700 MHz auction after winning the Upper C Block of spectrum, which is laden with open access provisions. Google did not win any licenses. Read more... | Press ReleasesVERIZON WIRELESS TO ISSUE DEVICE SPECS AT OPEN DEVELOPMENT DEVICE CONFERENCEVerizon Wireless today said its
upcoming Open Development Device Conference will feature the release and
publication of Version 1.0 of the technical specifications for new Read more... New Compete, Inc. Study Shows Wireless Shoppers Have Enough Choices BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Compete, Inc., a leading web analytics company, today released an in-depth study analyzing consumers’ Read more... VERIZON WIRELESS TO INTRODUCE ‘ANY APPS, ANY DEVICE’ OPTION FOR CUSTOMERS IN 200811/27/2007 BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network, wireless devices, software and applications Read more... Press Release: Nokia Applauds FCC Decision to Require 'Open Access' for U.S. 700MHz SpectrumNokia Applauds FCC Decision to Require 'Open Access' for U.S. 700MHz Spectrum -Decision to benefit consumers by promoting greater competition and innovation in U.S. wireless industry- HELSINKI, Read more... Re: WT Docket Nos. 06-150, 06-169 and 96-86; PS Docket No. 06-229 (Press Release)The Honorable Kevin J. Martin, Chairman
The Honorable Michael J. Copps
The Honorable Jonathan S. Adelstein
The Honorable Deborah Taylor Tate
The Honorable Robert M. McDowell
Federal Communications Read more... |