News

• CTIA 2012: A non-stop spectrum beg-a-thon

  NEW ORLEANS - No one will ever say that America's wireless carriers are too proud to beg.

• Why the House spectrum bill should be ditched: Q&A with Reed Hundt

  Former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt made waves this week when he called the House spectrum auction legislation "the single worst telecom bill" he's seen.

• Satellite in crosshairs for 10 year spectrum goal

  The communications regulator is gearing up for discussions with C-band satellite operators in an attempt to migrate a portion of the spectrum required for the television broadcast services to meet growing demand for mobile broadband.

• Telcos won't wait for digital dividend for 4G: Ericsson

  Telecommunications operators likely won't wait for the digital dividend spectrum sell-off to start rolling out fourth-generation mobile infrastructure, according to Ericsson's head of strategic market, Kursten Leins.

• Government calls for comment on new spectrum sell-off

  The communications watchdog has released a discussion paper following the federal government's $1 billion spectrum sell-off that will lay down the structure and cost of new real estate in the 2.5Ghz spectrum band.

• India's 3G auction likely to be postponed again

  India's auction of 3G spectrum and licenses to the private sector is unlikely to go ahead as originally scheduled on Jan. 14, according to sources close to the situation.

• India's 3G spectrum auction on schedule

  The auction of 3G spectrum and operating licenses in India will be held as planned on Jan. 14, the country's Minister of Communications and IT, A. Raja told reporters in Delhi on Monday, according to media reports.

• FCC asks court to hold off on white-spaces suits

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has asked for delays in a court case against its wireless "white spaces" decision until after it has reviewed petitions that were filed to the agency itself.

• FCC chairman, Page talk 'white spaces'

  Silicon Valley is home to a lot of strange bedfellows, whether hard-nosed venture capitalists and Web 2.0 dreamers or bottom-line hardware tycoons and arty device designers. The odd couple on stage Thursday at the Wireless Communications Association International conference on Thursday, one in a blue suit and red power tie and the other in jeans, T-shirt and casual blazer, could stand with the best of them.