The FCC Wednesday issued a Report and Order concerning cellular signal booster use and preventing them from interfering with wireless networks. Under the new rules, consumers are required to obtain permission from and register their signal booster with their wireless carriers in order to continue using it. In addition, new technical specification requirements for signal […]
Hesse: Sprint looking for more spectrum
Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said his company is seeking to acquire more wireless spectrum in order to stay competitive with AT&T and Verizon. In an interview with Bloomberg, Hesse said Sprint hopes to scoop up more of the precious commodity by either buying it from other companies or from the government. Sprint is currently pursuing […]
Verizon finalizes 3 spectrum deals to rural telecoms
Verizon Wireless completed three sales of its 700 MHz A- and B-block spectrum licenses to rural telecoms based in Texas and Oklahoma. Nortex Communications, based in Muenster, Texas, picked up the Texas RSA 6-Jack 700 MHz lower B-block license covering a four-county area northwest of Dallas. Panhandle Telecommunication Systems, based in Guymon, Okla., acquired the […]
Cisco to acquire mobile start-up Intucell
Cisco today announced plans to buy Israeli company Intucell for approximately $475 million in cash and retention-based incentives. Intucell provides self-optimizing network (SON) software to mobile carriers, and it allows them to “plan, configure, manage, optimize and heal cellular networks automatically, according to real-time changing network demands,” the company said. Upon the closing of the […]
Sprint announces upcoming LTE in 28 cities
Sprint today announced it will be rolling out LTE soon in 28 more cities, including many spots along the Gulf Coast. The entire list is available online. Since Sprint introduced its LTE network in July, it has made the service available in 49 cities, with another 200 markets in the works. Sprint has said it […]
Studies: Smartphones beat tablets, tablets beat PCs
Smartphone users have for the first time surpassed tablet users in mobile data consumption. A study by Arieso reveals Apple’s iPhone 5 to be the “hungriest” in terms of download volume, with Samsung’s Galaxy S3 and HTC’s Sensation XL in second and third, respectively, and a phablet, the Galaxy Note 2, in a not-too-distant fourth. And […]
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe files to block Sprint-Softbank deal
The Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Utility Authority has filed a petition with the FCC to block Sprint’s impending 70 percent share transfer to Softbank on the basis that Sprint has “demonstrated a blatant disregard for the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and its regulatory authority over Sprint’s operation on the Crow Creek reservation.” […]
Report: Sprint doesn’t see need to up Clearwire bid
Sprint isn’t sweating Dish Network’s offer to buy Clearwire for $3.30 per share, an 11 percent increase over its $2.97 offer, and doesn’t foresee needing to up its bid in acquiring a 100 percent stake in the WiMAX provider. According to a Reuters report, three sources close to the deal cite the numerous conditions of […]
Dish jumps in with unsolicited, $3.30-per-share offer for Clearwire
Dish Network has offered to buy up to all of Clearwire’s common stock at $3.30 per share in a proposed deal that would allow Dish to purchase some spectrum assets from Clearwire. Under the conditions of the preliminary offer, Dish would acquire approximately 11.4 billion MHz-POPs from Clearwire, or 24 percent of its total spectrum […]
Crest Financial files to block Sprint, Clearwire deal
Crest Financial Limited, which owns an 8.3 percent share of Clearwire, has petitioned the FCC to block Sprint’s proposed 100 percent acquisition of Clearwire, citing proper public notice was not issued in Sprint’s 2012 deal with Eagle River Holdings to reacquire a controlling stake in Clearwire. In a petition dated Jan. 4, Crest Financial claims […]