Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 23 at 3:03 pm PT
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.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 11 at 3:13 pm PT
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.
Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 2 at 4:15 am PT
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.
Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on December 22, 2011 at 5:15 pm PT
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.
Ina Fried in News on December 22, 2011 at 12:02 pm PT
For now, service is limited to one city in North Carolina, but the FCC is working to make the unlicensed spectrum available nationwide.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 19, 2011 at 4:30 pm PT
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.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 15, 2011 at 12:22 pm PT
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.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 14, 2011 at 4:16 pm PT
The mobile analytics company says if there’s an official FTC investigation, it doesn’t know about it.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 12, 2011 at 11:08 am PT
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.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 9, 2011 at 9:03 am PT
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.
