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American Tower, Crown Castle debt ratings upgraded by Moody's
Moody's: Wireless tower sector outlook likely to remain favorable through the next several years
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Verizon Wireless Announces 4G Venture Forum, Designed To Encourage Innovation For Advanced Mobile Networks
Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless provider, announced today the creation of the 4G Venture Forum (4GVF), a new initiative which uniquely brings together financial investment, product incubation and market validation for products and services that will harness fourth generation (4G) wireless networks.
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Boston Workers March for Economy That Works for Everyone
The group protested on the Boston Common, at Verizon's New England headquarters and at the Hyatt Regency Hotel against a corporate agenda that has left far too many workers behind.
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Four U.S. states win first broadband mapping grants
California and three other states were among the first recipients of more than $6.8 million in grants to map broadband use in U.S. homes, the Commerce Department said on Monday.
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Don't Judge Wireless Competition By The Number Of Carriers
You won't find a telecom executive or lobbyist who won't insist the sector they do business in is the most competitive sector to ever grace the planet earth. It's a job requirement. In the broadband industry, most consumers know better -- as many have the choice of only one or two carriers. Duopoly competition isn't really competition, as it allows carriers to engage in non-price competition, keeping prices high as part of an unspoken gentleman's agreement.
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IBEW, AT&T iron out three-year contract
In the latest happening in the ongoing saga between AT&T and its union-represented employees, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) voted to ratify a three-year labor agreement with the incumbent carrier
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Light regulatory touch best way to stimulate investment in broadband
Uncertain regulatory policies will stifle capital investments in broadband technology, panelists told the Federal Communications Commission today during a hearing on Capital Formation in the Broadband Sector.
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Scrutinizing Cell Providers
Ask ten people what they think of their wireless service provider, such as Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T, and you'll probably get ten different answers.
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Verizon CTO sees eventual move to metered broadband
Verizon Communications Chief Technology Officer Richard Lynch told a 2009 FTTH Conference & Expo press conference today that the broadband industry will see a pricing paradigm shift because Internet service providers cannot continue to grow the Internet without passing the cost on to someone.
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Wireless Competition a Sham?
If governments stopped chasing the enormous amount of cash generated by bidding wars for wireless spectrum, more players could gain access to it. Simple premise, simple benefits. A cheaper price tag means less risk too. And, a more diverse collection of offerings for various consumer and business markets would spring into the market, presumably.
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T-Mobile USA asks Congress for access to public safety airwaves
T-Mobile USA is asking lawmakers to allow the Federal Communications Commission to sell a swath of airwaves to commercial wireless carriers, even though the channels now are designated to be shared with police officers and firefighters.
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Mobile phone risk clearer, EU agency says
European Environment Agency (EEA) officials believe scientific evidence is now more strongly in favour of a link between long-term use of mobile phones and brain cancer risk. The Agency first issued an "early warning" about the hazard in September 2007, spurred by the findings of the BioInitiative Report.
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FCC To Examine Wireless Broadband Demands
All those new iPhones and Blackberries are great for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint Nextel and other carriers for now. But if the pace of growth in smart phones keeps up, the networks carrying service to those phones run the risk of becoming overloaded.
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Matsui Introduces Legislation to Help Low-Income Americans Subscribe to the Internet
Today, Representative Doris O. Matsui (CA-05), a Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, introduced legislation to expand the Universal Service Fund's (USF) Lifeline Assistance program for universal broadband adoption. The bill, the Broadband Affordability Act of 2009, directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a broadband program that provides low-income Americans living in rural and urban areas with assistance in subscribing to affordable broadband internet service.
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PCIA: Strong value chain needed for 4G deployments
As fourth-generation network rollouts begin, the wireless industry's value chain has viable buildout opportunities that should keep the sector healthy, as long as various segments work in harmony.
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Sprint Nextel outsourcing to Ericsson transforms both companies
Reducing costs is not the only reason for wireless carriers to outsource network management to telecom equipment operators, Johan Bjorklund, VP of managed services for Ericsson North America told attendees Wednesday at PCIA's 2009 Wireless Infrastructure Show.
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COMMENT SOUGHT ON SPECTRUM FOR BROADBAND
In response to the National Broadband Plan NOI, the Commission received a number of comments. Commenters from across the industry argue that a priority of the Commission should be to make available more spectrum for commercial uses. Some commenters suggest it is the exponential growth in data traffic on mobile broadband networks that makes it imperative the Commission allocate additional spectrum for mobile broadband use.
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Texas towers feared for unsafe radiation
Everyone wants the convenience of supply without the inconvenience of service. What at first appeared to be a classic case of 'Not in my Backyard,' recent complaints regarding cell phone towers revealed concerns about more than just aesthetics.
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More research needed, scientists testify at Senate panel on cellphone RF
Not much new came out of yesterday's Senate subcommittee panel on whether cellphone use is dangerous to one's health. Scientists by and large said more research is needed, that the data is lacking, and long-term effects are the most area of concern.
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FCC to take closer look at spectrum needs for smart-grid applications
The Federal Communications Commission's inquiry into the role communications technologies will play in developing a nationwide smart grid utilities network will take a close look at whether new spectrum is needed for developing smart- grid applications.
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Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom Plan U.K. Venture
Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe's biggest phone company, and France Telecom SA plan to merge their U.K. mobile-phone units to create the country's largest cellular operator with revenue of 9.4 billion euros ($13.5 billion).
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Mobile operators too haphazard with service deployments
Mobile operators have been losing out on revenue due to their haphazard approach to launching services, according to network testing company Ixia.
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How Will the T-Mobile/Orange Merger Affect US Customers?
Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom, owners of T-Mobile UK and Orange UK, respectively, plan to merge over the course of several months to create the largest wireless carrier in the U.K. T-Orange -- or whatever the entity will be called -- will have 28.4 million customers, or around 37 percent of U.K. mobile subscribers, outranking Vodafone UK, the current market leader, by 9.8 million customers. It will be a monster.
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Sprint faced bidding war with unnamed company for Virgin Mobile
A mysterious company that is a "strategic competitor" to Sprint Nextel, identified only as "Company X," attempted to snap up Virgin Mobile USA shortly before Sprint Nextel announced its $483 million acquisition of the prepaid carrier in July, according to a filing Sprint made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the acquisition.
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Verizon's Strigl to retire
Verizon Communications Inc. President and Chief Operations Officer Dennis Strigl announced he will retire at the end of the year, leaving behind a fantastic career that helped shape the wireless industry during his tenure as CEO of Verizon Wireless.
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