NewNet Communication Technologies, a small, privately held firm, on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy the WiMAX wireless network business that once belonged to Motorola from Nokia Siemens Networks. Terms were not disclosed. The deal involves the transfer of 300 employees, mainly in suburban Chicago and in Hangzhou, China. Nokia Siemens, a joint venture […]
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Congressman: ‘Sooner the better’ on spectrum inventory
Republican Congressman Cliff Stearns called the United States’ standing in global broadband deployment and speeds “embarrassing” during a discussion today at an event sponsored by LightSquared and the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation. “It’s really embarrassing that we have allowed this to occur,” Stearns said, citing a report that ranked the United States 18th in […]
FCC report critical of AT&T, T-Mobile deal
The FCC blasted AT&T’s proposed merger with T-Mobile USA in a 111-page report released Tuesday, citing “substantial material questions of fact” about many of AT&T’s claims about the deal’s benefits on jobs, competition and broadband deployment – benefits the Commission ultimately found insufficient to approve the deal. The Justice Department may use the report as […]
Bright House hooks up museum with unified communications platform
Bright House Networks has teamed up with Whaleback Managed Services to provision managed unified communications services to the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Dali Museum. The museum, which hosts the largest collection of Salvador Dali’s artistic work outside of Spain, replaced its legacy phone system with Whaleback’s CrystalBlue cloud-based managed voice services. “We partnered with Bright House […]
AT&T, T-Mobile merger opponents want withdrawal blocked
Two advocacy groups want the FCC to block AT&T’s attempt to withdraw its application to merge with T-Mobile USA, a move designed to help the operator avoid a protracted administrative hearing over the deal and give it more resources to settle the Justice Department’s lawsuit over the transaction. Public Knowledge and Media Access Project yesterday […]
Qualcomm pushes FCC to move on Flo deal approval
It’s been nearly a year since AT&T announced it would pay $1.93 billion for the airwaves used in Qualcomm’s discontinued Flo TV mobile television service, 11 months since the companies filed an application for the deal with the FCC, nine months since the Department of Justice completed its review of the transaction and seven days […]
Comcast’s metro E service easy as 1, 2, 3
Comcast’s decision to throw its hat into the medium-size business sector is paying off in spades, and its metro Ethernet service is at the heart of that success. In its third-quarter earnings report earlier this month, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said that business services revenues, which increased 39 percent to $454 million, were “becoming a […]
AT&T pulls T-Mobile application to avoid FCC hearing
AT&T is threatening to sue the FCC if it moves forward with a plan to hold a hearing on the troubled T-Mobile USA deal after the operator withdrew its application for the $39 billion merger. AT&T withdrew its FCC application to acquire T-Mobile’s spectrum licenses on Nov. 23, one day after Chairman Julius Genachowski said […]
Qualcomm challenges LCDs through new e-reader
A new electronics display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs after U.S. mobile chip-maker Qualcomm teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader. The Kyobo e-reader was unveiled this week in Seoul and will reach South Korean consumers as early as Dec. 1, Kyobo Book Centre officials said Thursday. The e-reader […]
AT&T ‘reviewing all options’ on T-Mobile deal after FCC setback
FCC officials said today that Chairman Julius Genachowski plans to refer AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile USA to an administrative law judge after the agency was unable to approve the deal on the grounds it would diminish competition and lead to “massive” job losses. “The record clearly shows that – in no uncertain terms – this […]