An investigation by the FCC of possible interference in the D block section of the 700MHz auction recently put on by the FCC, has cleared advisors of public safety groups. The investigation launched amid a possibility that advisors to the public safety groups had potentially discouraged bidders from meeting the reserve price of $1.3 billion set by the FCC. The ... continued »

NextWave announced today that they are considering a plan to auction off their spectrum holdings. NextWave has hired Deutsche Bank and UBS to investigate the possibility of auctioning it's spectrum off. NextWave has spectrum holdings covering more than 251 million people, which means they have a significant amount to offer. The 700MHz auction was considered to be a last chance ... continued »

Having splashed out on a sliver of 700MHz spectrum in the recent auction, DISH Network has revealed its plans to build a DVB-SH mobile TV network in the US with partner Alcatel-Lucent.  Setting out to "validate the performance and cost-efficiency of the DVB-SH standard", the pair will use Alcatel-Lucent hardware and training to experiment with mobile TV at DISH's Atlanta ... continued »

HTC is no longer sitting on the sideline and letting carriers take all the glory. The company is taking control of marketing the HTC brand by launching its first ever brand campaign stateside. According to HTC’s PR, this is a multi-faceted campaign that started today in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles across several different types of media, ... continued »

Three US government representatives have alleged that Google wilfully manipulated the recent 700MHz spectrum auction, and as a result potentially dissuaded bids in excess of $10bn extra.  Republicans Cliff Stearns and John Shimkus together with Democrat Eliot Engel used a hearing today to express their concerns that, in pledging to meet the $4.6bn reserve set for Block C and thus secure ... continued »

It's usually tough to summarise a week when we've had a big cellular show, and this one is little different.  Of course, the show in question was CTIA Wireless 2008, held in Las Vegas, and you can review all the coverage courtesy of this tag.  Of the new handsets, Sprint grabbed headlines with the Instinct by Samsung, an obvious iPhone ... continued »

As the hammer came down on the FCC's 700MHz spectrum auction last month, winners (and losers) were forced to be coy about their plans under the Commission's anti-collusion rules.  That ban on discussion ended late yesterday, and various key players in the proceedings have stepped up to give their version of events.  As expected, Verizon and AT&T have been crowing ... continued »

Telecoms hardware specialist Huawei Technologies have announced their first-to-market network base stations for the recently-auctioned 700MHz spectrum, set to be available in the Q1 2009.  Based on the unified BTS (Base Transceiver Station) platform, Huawei will provide mobile network solutions for UMTS, CDMA and LTE technologies that operate in the 700Mhz spectrum, as well as in the existing 850MHz, AWS ... continued »

According to Om Malik, AT&T are addressing their overly-heavy VP ranks with some serious offloading, in a response to ongoing concerns about economic performance.  Apparently, VP-level executives are being offered severance packages to encourage them to jump ship from the carrier, with the alternative being that they are demoted to a lower position.  Meanwhile, there's juggling at AT&T's top level ... continued »

The 700MHz auction may be over (and the carriers looking anxiously in their wallets to see how they're going to pay for their new spectrum) but unsold Block D is still causing controversy.  The FCC has been asked to investigate accusations that an adviser from The Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation, who manage the public service aspect of Block D, ... continued »