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LightSquared petitions FCC affirm GPS has no right to protection

Chris Burns, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [26]

This past month the folks at LightSuared have had less than an awesome time dealing with the idea that their network had been accused of interfering with GPS receivers of all kinds, and this week after already having sent word out to the world that the whole thing was just a simple misunderstanding, they've petitioned the FCC directly to have them affirm their spectrum rights. LightSquared is currently looking into building a new national LTE network using frequencies that sit next to those generally devoted to GPS, and as their petition for declaratory ruling notes this week, they're living in peace, not bashing each other around. On the other hand, specifically what they're asking is that the FCC affirm that their rights to use the spectrum outweighs the fact that because GPS receivers are not licensed and do not operate inside service rules, they are not entitled to interference protection. Read The Full Story

T-Mobile USA details “record high break-up fee” from AT&T

Chris Davies, Dec 20th 2011 Discuss [18]

T-Mobile USA owner Deutsche Telekom has gleefully set out exactly what it can expect from AT&T as its break-up fee, after the collapse of the acquisition deal this week. AT&T was originally to pay $39bn for T-Mobile USA; now, with regulators frowning on the deal, the carrier will be forced to cough up what Deutsche Telekom describes as a "record high break-up fee" of $3bn in cash and "a large package" of AT&T's AWS spectrum. A long-term US-wide UMTS roaming agreement is also mandatory. Read The Full Story

AT&T asset sale stalls as T-Mobile deal sours

Chris Davies, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

AT&T's strategy to sell off assets until regulators looked more fondly at its T-Mobile USA acquisitions have stalled, it's reported, with the carrier simply unable to shed sufficient weight to sway the deal in its favor. Execs at the two carriers had hoped that, by scything off more than 30-percent of T-Mobile USA, the US Justice Department might soften its stance on potential anti-competitiveness concerns about the deal; however, negotiations with Leap Wireless and Dish Network stuttered over the past two weeks, the WSJ reports, amid the growing realization that it still wouldn't be enough to fully convince the agency. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 visits the FCC with Verizon LTE support

Rue Liu, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [1]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 has just passed through the FCC, but this time around it's packing support for Verizon's 4G LTE network. We first saw the device back at IFA 2011, where it was yanked from the show due to Apple's legal claims. Despite being missing since, it has recently re-emerged and hopefully goes on sale soon. Read The Full Story

Carrier IQ meets with FTC and FCC over rumored inquiry

Chris Davies, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

Carrier IQ has been questioned by the FTC and the FCC this week over allegations of data privacy transgressions, though the analytics company insists the meetings were at its own behest. News of the meetings was broken by the Washington Post, but Carrier IQ quickly responded by pointing out no official investigation has been undertaken - as far as it knows - in a statement to AllThingsD; "CarrierIQ sought meetings with the FTC and FCC" the company says, "to educate the two agencies about the functionality of its software and answer any and all questions." Read The Full Story

FCC manual confirms Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile

Shane McGlaun, Dec 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

You have to love the FCC as a geek. Those government workers just leak stuff willy-nilly and it makes us all happy. Today the FCC has posted up a manual for the T-Mobile version of the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone. We have already spent our share of hands-on time with the Lumia 710 not too long ago. It should be a nice budget handset for some users. Read The Full Story

Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 visits the FCC with support for AT&T and NFC

Rue Liu, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [5]

RIM's Porsche Design BlackBerry P'9981 has passed through the FCC, indicating that it may finally be making its way to market. The device looks like a luxury version of RIM's BlackBerry 9900 series and has been leaked and rumored over the past several months but was not officially announced until October. Read The Full Story

Galaxy Nexus visits FCC again, but with AT&T bands

Rue Liu, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [13]

There's still no definitive word yet as to when Google's new flagship Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will arrive on Verizon, but it looks like the carrier won't be the only one to get the device for long. New FCC documents have surfaced revealing another Galaxy Nexus version that's destined for AT&T. Read The Full Story

Verizon buys $3.6bn AWS spectrum for LTE expansion

Chris Davies, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [4]

Verizon Wireless has splashed out on $3.6bn worth of spectrum for its LTE expansion, grabbing 122 AWS licenses covering approximately 259m people from a joint venture made up of Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. The deal, the carrier has announced, will also include several produce and service agreements, allowing each company to sell the other’s products and, eventually, each of the cable companies being able to offer Verizon Wireless service wholesale, likely rebranding it as their own wireless offerings.

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AT&T blasts FCC T-Mobile report: “obviously one-sided”

Chris Davies, Dec 1st 2011 Discuss [11]

AT&T has lashed back at the FCC over its comments regarding the T-Mobile USA acquisition, calling preliminary analysis “obviously one-sided” and “an advocacy piece, and not a considered analysis.” Penned by Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs, the rebuke claims the FCC report “cherry-picks facts to support its views, and ignores facts that don’t” while “where facts were lacking, the report speculates, with no basis, and then treats its own speculations as if they were fact.”

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AT&T & T-Mobile mulling joint venture if acquisition deal falls apart

Paul Fang, Nov 30th 2011 Discuss [7]

Judging from all the rumors, it seems like that AT&T is looking at all of its remaining options in light of its withdrawn attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA from parent company Deutsche Telekom AG. Wall Street Journal gives us the latest possible scenario, which is the possibility of AT&T and Deutsche Telekom teaming up together for a joint venture should the acquisition deal ultimately fall apart. And this would be apparently be a partnership that would entail the two telecom giants pooling their infrastructure together. Read The Full Story

FCC allows AT&T to withdraw T-Mobile deal, to release findings today

Rue Liu, Nov 29th 2011 Discuss [1]

During a conference call today, the FCC announced that it will accept AT&T's request to withdraw its application for the T-Mobile merger. The agency also revealed that it will be releasing findings today of what it uncovered from reviewing the merger application, but some portions will be redacted. Read The Full Story