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NPSTC hosts Industry Canada at June meeting

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council announced that Jennifer Wharram, of Industry Canada’s Spectrum Engineering Branch, will speak on spectrum and border coordination issues at NPSTC’s governing board meeting to be held in Arlington, …

Verizon, AT&T emerge as big winners of 700 MHz auction

U.S. wireless giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility bought the most spectrum and spent the most money on airwaves in the recently completed 700 MHz auction, the FCC reported yesterday as part of the first disclosures regarding the bidding process

Sprint Nextel makes its rebanding case in appeals court

Sprint Nextel argued yesterday before a federal appeals court that an FCC rebanding order approved last fall that requires the carrier to vacate its 800 MHz interleaved spectrum this June unilaterally changed the terms of the commission’s rebanding “contract” with the carrier

700 MHz auction concludes with just one D Block bid

Bidding in the FCC’s 700 MHz auction concluded today after 260 rounds, with high bids for 1091 licenses totaling $19.592 billion but only one below-reserve price bid for the D Block tied to a shared-network proposal for a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety

FCC extends E911 benchmark compliance deadline

Wireless carriers will have at least an additional six months to comply with the first benchmark designed to improve location information given to public safety answering points (PSAPs) when wireless 911 calls are made, according to a public notice released this week by the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau

NPSTC names new chair

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) elected a new chair, Ralph Haller, at its quarterly meeting held in Mesa, Ariz. Haller formerly was the NPSTC vice chair and represented the Forestry Conservation Communications Association …

Sprint Nextel: 800 MHz rebanding more costly than expected

Sprint Nextel’s costs associated with 800 MHz rebanding almost certainly will exceed the $2.8 billion figure the carrier is required to pay for reconfiguration and that the amount could increase considerably if it fails in its case against the FCC, the carrier stated in an annual SEC filing released on Friday.

IWCE: Kenwood launches NEXEDGE suite

LAS VEGAS–Kenwood USA unveiled the NEXEDGE product line of multimode conventional and trunked mobiles, portables and repeaters. Joe Watts, the company’s product manager, said the suite was developed in part to address the FCC’s narrowbanding requirements

AT&T announces spectrum acquisition

AT&T today announced the completion of the acquisition of spectrum licenses—which cover 196 million people in 281 license areas—from a subsidiary of Aloha Partners. Aloha’s 12 MHz of spectrum covers major metropolitan areas, including 72 of the top 100 …

700 MHz bidding reaches $19.4 billion

High bids in the auction of 700 MHz totaled $19.401 billion through this morning’s 70th round, but there has been no additional activity in the much-scrutinized C and D Blocks. Bidding on the C Block, which includes open-access obligations for the …

NPSTC hosts Industry Canada at June meeting

Verizon, AT&T emerge as big winners of 700 MHz auction

Sprint Nextel makes its rebanding case in appeals court

700 MHz auction concludes with just one D Block bid

FCC extends E911 benchmark compliance deadline

NPSTC names new chair

Sprint Nextel: 800 MHz rebanding more costly than expected

IWCE: Kenwood launches NEXEDGE suite

AT&T announces spectrum acquisition

700 MHz bidding reaches $19.4 billion

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