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Mike Isaac in News on May 7 at 4:00 pm PT
In-flight Wi-Fi company Gogo announced Monday it will purchase the Airfone radiotelephone service unite from Jet Blue LiveTV LLC, bagging Gogo a 1 MHz spectrum license. The acquisition adds to its existing 3 MHz license, for which Gogo beat out JetBlue in an auction in 2006. Gogo filed its S-1 in December with plans to raise up to $100 million in its eventual IPO.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 26 at 9:50 am PT
It’s not just that modern smartphones are gobbling up tons of data. Another part of their challenge to wireless networks is that they are constantly pinging the network.
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Greg Bensinger, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 25 at 12:48 pm PT
The Federal Communications Commission cleared the way for T-Mobile USA to receive about $1 billion in wireless airwaves it is owed as part of the breakup fee for AT&T Inc.’s failed $39 billion takeover bid.
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Melodie Warner, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 20 at 12:15 pm PT
Billionaire Phil Falcone’s wireless start-up, LightSquared Inc., made a $56.25 million payment to Inmarsat to resolve a default under their spectrum cooperation agreement, giving the troubled company more time to gain approval for a wireless service.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 18 at 11:07 am PT
The carrier announces plans to sell of some of its 700MHz spectrum but if — and only if — the U.S. government okays several pending deals Verizon has to acquire other frequencies.
Ina Fried in Mobile on April 9 at 10:54 am PT
The two carriers are exchanging spectrum in several states in moves both companies say should aid in their efforts to launch high-speed LTE service.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 29 at 11:31 am PT
The company has reportedly hired an outside adviser to evaluate a sale of its 7,000 U.S. cell towers, a move that would help pay for the company’s expansion plans.
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Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 27 at 5:02 pm PT
Obama administration officials proposed requiring the Defense Department and other federal agencies to share a chunk of the airwaves they currently use with wireless companies after concluding it could be too expensive and time-consuming to move the federal agencies to other airwaves.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 22 at 2:20 pm PT
The moves are just the first in what the company says are a series of restructuring efforts being made in the wake of its failed effort to sell itself to AT&T.
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Anton Troianovski, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 22 at 9:47 am PT
T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications Inc. are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to block Verizon Wireless’ plan to buy wireless airwaves from a group of cable companies for $3.9 billion.
