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Alvarion inks deal with Verizon subsidiary

Alvarion this week announced that Verizon Avenue, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications that focuses on the rural and multidwelling-unit markets, has purchased about 2300 BreezeACCESS VL fixed wireless broadband units to provide high-speed access to five military communities in Monterey, Calif

Nextel accepts 800 MHz rebanding order

As expected, Nextel Communications today announced that it has accepted the terms of the FCC’s 800 MHz order, which calls for the wireless carrier to pay for interference-alleviating reconfiguration of the band in exchange for contiguous spectrum at 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz

T-Mobile makes P2T push in Germany

T-Mobile’s German wireless arm is giving consumers an opportunity to test its push-to-talk (P2T) service for free during the next three months to generate demand for the new service

Boost Mobile expands P2T service in Canada, South America

In partnership with NII Holdings and Canada’s TELUS Mobility, youth market-focused MVNO Boost Mobile this week announced expansion of its push-to-talk service in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru

NexGen City sues Motorola, MeshNetworks for merging

Dallas-based NexGen City has filed a $100 million lawsuit in a Texas state court alleging that Motorola and its acquisition, MeshNetworks, conspired to create a monopoly in the peer-to-peer wireless market for public-safety and homeland-security applications

Rebanding schedule released by Transition Administrator

ORLANDO—Officials for the Transition Administrator team responsible for supervising the rebanding effort to mitigate interference at 800 MHz yesterday unveiled an aggressive schedule to complete the complex three-year project at APCO’s Winter Summit

Alvarion inks deal with Verizon subsidiary

Nextel accepts 800 MHz rebanding order

T-Mobile makes P2T push in Germany

Boost Mobile expands P2T service in Canada, South America

NexGen City sues Motorola, MeshNetworks for merging

Rebanding schedule released by Transition Administrator

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U.S. sets up new open RAN group amid telecom slugfest with China

COVID-19 pandemic is causing unprecedented challenges for ECCs, 911 centers

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