Countries pushing for international regulation of the Internet through the U.N. International Telecommunication Union will not quit after a partial victory at an ITU meeting in December, some Internet government experts told U.S. lawmakers. ...
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The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have asked for more time to consider Softbank's proposed takeover of Sprint Nextel, a move that may signal a rough road ahead for the US$20 billion deal. In a letter ...
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AT&T will buy mobile spectrum in the 700MHz band from Verizon Communications for $1.9 billion, AT&T said Friday. AT&T will pay cash and trade AWS (advanced wireless services) spectrum for the B block of the 700MHz spectrum, the company ...
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The Federal Communications Commission on Friday announced plans to help streamline wireless broadband buildout in the U.S., with initiatives that include clarifying a provision requiring local review of modifications to cell towers. Other ...
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The parent company of Alltel, a mobile telephone network serving rural customers in six states, has agreed to sell the business to AT&T for about $780 million, Atlantic Tele-Network announced Tuesday. The all-cash transaction will give ...
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Cities around the U.S. will have gigabit-speed Internet access by 2015 if the FCC's wishes come true. All 50 states should have at least one community where consumers can get 1Gbps or faster Internet access by 2015, U.S. Federal ...
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A satellite operator's proposal to offer an extra channel of Wi-Fi might actually give average Wi-Fi and Bluetooth users less bandwidth, according to some industry groups that have commented on the plan in filings to the FCC. The plan by ...
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Dish Network has offered to buy Clearwire for US$3.30 per share, throwing a wrench in Sprint Nextel's deal to buy its mobile broadband partner for $2.97 per share. Clearwire disclosed Dish's offer in a press release on Tuesday afternoon, ...
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-The FCC plans to allocate more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi to improve performance in crowded public places and in homes, looking to head off a future spectrum crunch. Wi-Fi users will share that spectrum with the U.S. Department of ...
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The FCC plans to allocate more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi to improve performance in crowded public places and in homes, looking to head off a future spectrum crunch. Wi-Fi users will share that spectrum with the U.S. Department of ...
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CES attendees took to the FCC's plan for more Wi-Fi spectrum,which was announced at the show on Wednesday,like hungry gamblers to a buffet. "At this current conference,I would love more Wi-Fi,"said Ellen Arnold,a product strategy program ...
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The FCC is making it easier to launch in-flight Internet services on planes in the U.S. by setting up a standard approval process for onboard systems that use satellites. Since 2001, the Federal Communications Commission has approved some ...
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A month ahead of the launch of Research In Motion's BlackBerry 10 operating system, a couple of handsets running the OS have appeared in a U.S. radio regulatory database. There's not much about the phones that can be gathered from the ...
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About 19 percent of cell sites in the area hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy were still out of service on Thursday morning as recovery was slowed by other network failures and power shortages, according to the U.S. Federal Communications ...
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IDG News Service - AT&T has reversed its decision to allow Apple iPhone and iPad owners to use Apple's FaceTime videoconferencing application only on the carrier's most expensive data plans or if they are connected to Wi-Fi. AT&T on ...