T-Mobile, AT&T Seek Approval of Spectrum Transfer

T-Mobile USA and AT&T Inc. filed a request with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission for approval of the transfer of $1 billion in wireless airwaves AT&T promised as a result of the failure of its $39 billion bid to take over its smaller rival.

FCC Chairman Has New Tablet, but Same Script: More Spectrum!

The call from Julius Genachowski was a familiar one, but his CES speech was novel in one way: He read from a Galaxy Tab rather than his familiar iPad.
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Sprint Grants LightSquared 30-Day Reprieve on FCC Clearance

Sprint Nextel Corp. said Sunday it gave billionaire Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. wireless venture a 30-day extension to a Dec. 31 deadline to get Federal Communications Commission clearance to operate its network.

FCC Approves AT&T Purchase of Qualcomm Licenses

Federal regulators approved AT&T Inc.’s $1.9 billion acquisition of airwaves from Qualcomm Inc. Thursday, giving AT&T a much-needed boost after its deal to acquire T-Mobile USA fell apart.

FCC Approves First Device to Run in the “White Spaces”

For now, service is limited to one city in North Carolina, but the FCC is working to make the unlicensed spectrum available nationwide.
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Sprint Wins the Argument, but It’s Still Losing the War

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has prevailed in his argument that AT&T shouldn’t be allowed to take over T-Mobile. Too bad for him that Sprint is still in a great big mess.
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FCC Chairman to Congress: Hands Off Unlicensed Spectrum

Julius Genachowski makes the case that his agency needs the authority to regulate both the spectrum licensed to specific companies as well as other open bands of frequencies, such as Wi-Fi.
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Carrier IQ: We Volunteered to Be Grilled by the Feds

The mobile analytics company says if there’s an official FTC investigation, it doesn’t know about it.
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Justice Department, AT&T Agree to Halt Court Proceedings Until at Least January

Under the agreed-upon plan, AT&T will update the court by Jan. 12 whether it intends to continue with its attempt to acquire T-Mobile USA.
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DOJ to AT&T: We Can Play the Stalling Game, Too

And when it comes to the T-Mobile deal, time would seem to be on the government’s side, as both AT&T and T-Mobile would appear to want a deal sooner rather than later.
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Road Gets Rockier for AT&T’s T-Mobile Deal