Is T-Mobile coming to a cornfield near you? The little mobile company that could will likely increase its coverage outside densely populated cities this year, all thanks to a tidy bit of wireless spectrum it just bought off Verizon. [More]
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Verizon’s Deal To Buy Spectrum From Cable Companies Could Mean Fewer Cable Options For Consumers
By 8.2.12 — Updated: 2.15.13
It seems like it’s been oh, about eight months since Verizon Wireless announced its proposal to buy billions of dollars worth of wireless spectrum from cable companies who aren’t using it anyway. At first glance, it seems like a not-horrible idea, as Verizon Wireless doesn’t compete directly with the likes of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. But with regulators nearing a decision on the deal, several high-profile folks have come forward to voice their concerns about how Verizon might be sacrificing the growth of its FiOS business in favor of its wireless network. [More]
Gobbling Up Wireless Spectrum Will Lead To Slower Speeds & Higher Prices
By 2.21.12
American consumers’ need to be constantly connected to wireless airwaves for using our smartphones, tablets and mobile devices will lead to the complete depletion of our wireless resources, says one report. And when that time comes, we’ll all be paying more, seeing dropped calls and slower data speeds. It might also cut down consumers’ options for wireless carriers. [More]
Verizon Gobbles Up More Wireless Spectrum From Cable Companies
By 12.16.11
Earlier this month, Verizon Wireless made a deal with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks to buy billions of dollars of those companies’ collectively held wireless spectrum. Now it looks like yet another cable provider is looking to get out of the wireless business, as Cox has agreed to sell off its advanced wireless spectrum to VZW for $315 million. [More]
By 10.11.07
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FCC has rejected Verizon’s requested changes of the new open-platform wireless auction, set for January 2008. Google has pledged to buy some of the available wireless bandwidth in order to launch an open-source Google phone to compete with the carriers. [Reuters]
