Policy & Industry
First News Briefs for November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012 5:33 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: AT&T, Small Cell Forum, Wireless Broadband Alliance, FCC, Barnes & Noble.
3GPP Reports Progress on LTE Release 12
November 2, 2012 6:10 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe chairman of the 3GPP's project coordination group told 4G World attendees on Thursday that the standards body is making progress on LTE Release 12.
First News Briefs for November 1, 2012
November 1, 2012 5:19 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: FCC, Bluegrass Cellular, CTIA, Federal Aviation Administration, Via Licensing.
First News Briefs for October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012 5:47 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: 4G World, Informa, Cricket Communications, HTC, Verizon Wireless, LG.
Sandy Takes Out 25 Percent of Cell Towers
October 31, 2012 5:15 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsSuperstorm Sandy knocked out a quarter of the cell towers in an area spreading across 10 states, and the situation could get worse, federal regulators said Tuesday.
FCC Opens Review of T-Mobile, MetroPCS Merger
October 29, 2012 6:48 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe FCC kicked off its formal review of T-Mobile USA's merger with MetroPCS on Friday, when it accepted the companies' application to transfer control of spectrum licenses.
First News Briefs for October 29, 2012
October 29, 2012 6:07 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: Alvarion, Nortel Networks, Pantech, Mocana, Verizon Wireless, Nokia, Cincinnati Bell, Devicescape.
China Rare Earths Producer Suspends Output
October 25, 2012 7:05 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | CommentsChina's biggest rare earths producer has suspended production in an effort to shore up plunging prices of the materials used by makers of mobile phones and other high-tech products.
First News Briefs for October 25, 2012
October 25, 2012 6:44 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today’s briefs include: Square, Sprint, NFC Payments USA, T-Mobile USA, Lookout, Samsung.
First News Briefs for October 24, 2012
October 24, 2012 5:56 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: Novatel Wireless, ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, Cricket Communications, Samsung, U.S. Cellular, Huawei.
Sprint, Dish Continue Spat over PCS, MSS Rules
October 23, 2012 7:05 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsSprint and Dish Network continue to lobby the FCC on regulations for 40 MHz of satellite AWS-4 spectrum that Dish wants to use for an LTE-Advanced network.
Feds Dump BlackBerry for iPhone
October 23, 2012 6:50 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsIn one more sign of Research In Motion's waning influence, a high-profile federal agency is phasing out its use of BlackBerry smartphones in favor of Apple's iOS smartphones and tablets.
First News Briefs for October 23, 2012
October 23, 2012 6:44 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: Sprint, Softbank, U.S. Cellular, Alcatel One Touch, LG, T-Mobile USA, CTIA.
Wireless Carriers, Law Enforcement Combat Cellphone Thefts
October 22, 2012 7:25 am | by Terry Collins, Associated Press | News | CommentsNearly half of all robberies in San Francisco this year are cellphone-related, police say, and most occur on bustling transit lines.
First News Briefs for October 19, 2012
October 19, 2012 6:42 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: Sprint, Research In Motion, C Spire, Franklin Wireless, Verizon Wireless.
FCC Approves New WCS Rules
October 18, 2012 7:28 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe FCC on Thursday said it has officially approved a set of revised rules governing the use of WCS spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band.
First News Briefs for October 18, 2012
October 18, 2012 6:59 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: FCC, CTIA, GSMA, Apple, Samsung.
FCC Cracks Down On Craigslist Signal Jammer Sales
October 16, 2012 6:53 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe FCC Enforcement Bureau is cracking down on sales of illegal cell phone signal jammers on Craigslist.
Chinese Gov't Backs Clearwire TD-LTE Band
October 16, 2012 6:44 am | by Maisie Ramsay | News | CommentsThe Chinese government is backing the use of the 2.6 GHz band for TD-LTE, the same band Clearwire plans to use for its TD-LTE network in the United States.
iPhone Manufacturer Says Underage Interns Found
October 16, 2012 5:50 am | by Joe McDonald,AP Business Writer | News | CommentsThe company that manufactures Apple's iPhone said Tuesday it found underage interns as young as 14 working at one of its factories in China.
First News Briefs for October 16, 2012
October 16, 2012 5:44 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: Sprint, LG, AT&T, C Spire Wireless, GSMA.
LTE: The Global Standard for Wireless?
October 15, 2012 9:13 am | by Andrew M. Seybold | Articles | CommentsThe quick conversion of 2G and 3G networks could be key to LTE’s success as the carrier’s chosen technology of the future.
First News Briefs for October 15, 2012
October 15, 2012 6:09 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: International Telecommunications Union, ZTE, China Mobile, GSMA, Clariden Global, Spirent.
First News Briefs for October 12, 2012
October 12, 2012 5:27 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsCompanies in today's briefs include: Sensirion, Trilithic, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Mobility, CTIA, Alcatel-Lucent.
Court Sides with Samsung in Dispute with Apple
October 12, 2012 5:23 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsA federal appeals court has sided with Samsung Electronics Corp. in one aspect of its ongoing patent dispute with Apple Inc.
