LightSquared proposed a new plan to exit Chapter 11 by raising $2.75 billion in loans and at least $1.25 billion in equity investment, replacing a plan that included a spectrum auction in which Dish Networks was the highest bidder. The ...
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IDG News Service-Is Sprint preparing a bid for prepaid wireless carrier MetroPCS?Whatever the rumors and whatever the company's plans,its chief financial officer didn't offer any clues when speaking Wednesday morning at a conference in ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rushed to judgment in giving permission in early 2011 for startup LightSquared to offer LTE service in a band of wireless spectrum next to a band used by GPS devices, several ...
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A subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives will hear testimony on Friday about whether the FCC followed its own rules when it gave LightSquared conditional approval for an LTE network early last year. LightSquared wants to build ...
Satellite service provider Dish Network has slammed the FCC's plan to let it use some of its spectrum for LTE, saying the proposal is so restrictive it could delay a network buildout for years. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission ...
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IDG News Service - Two names that have recently been out of the limelight recently turned up on Tuesday at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission: Bankrupt would-be mobile broadband carrier LightSquared and former FCC Chairman Kevin ...
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Mobile startup Ting, which delivers its voice, text and data offerings over Sprint Nextel's network, has become the newest LTE service provider by shipping its first device that uses the fast 4G technology. Ting is now shipping Samsung ...
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski detailed plans on Thursday to free up more wireless spectrum that carriers say they need to offer high-speed mobile services. The agency is on track to make 300MHz of new spectrum available for commercial ...
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Embattled satellite carrier LightSquared proposed on Friday that the government let it share spectrum with federal uses such as weather balloons so it can get enough spectrum to launch its proposed national LTE mobile network. ...
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Inmarsat and Cisco have joined forces to share network capacity and technology to make it easier to deliver applications and services over satellite networks. The deal will allow Inmarsat to deliver advanced services, including video and ...
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A plan by a satellite carrier to make better use of its spectrum could open up an extra channel for Wi-Fi in the U.S.,though how and when consumers would get to use it isn't yet clear. The proposal that satellite operator Globalstar ...
Tags: US, Satellite Carrier, Wi-Fi, FCC, LightSquared, Dish Network, Globalstar