Verizon, T-Mobile Plan Spectrum Swap
Verizon Wireless will swap spectrum with T-Mobile USA in the AWS (advanced wireless service) band, if Verizon can get regulatory approval to buy the spectrum... full story
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Limiting bidding on spectrum auctions could be costly, study says
If the U.S. Federal Communications Commission limits the participation of the largest mobile carriers in upcoming spectrum auctions, it could cost the U.S. treasury billions of dollars, according to a study released Tuesday.The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and some digital rights groups have called on the FCC to ensure that small carriers can compete in...
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Verizon Wireless Pursues Clearwire Spectrum
Verizon Wireless is offering to pay up to $1.5 billion to buy spectrum leases from Clearwire.
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Verizon Might Consider Killing Contracts, Too
Verizon may follow in T-Mobile's footsteps and end cell phone contracts... someday. At an event on Thursday, Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam said that he would consider killing cell phone contracts if consumers demanded it, CNET reports. "We can react quickly to consumers' shifting needs," McAdam said. In March, Verizon competitor T-Mobile announced that it would end...
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Verizon sees lean Verizon Wireless dividend conserving cash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless dividend payments may be lean going forward as the venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc conserves cash to pay down debt and prepare for a spectrum auction, a top Verizon Communications executive said on Tuesday.
reuters.com (5 days ago)
Report: Verizon wants to buy Clearwire spectrum
Verizon Wireless reportedly has offered US$1 billion to $1.5 billion for some of Clearwire's spectrum leases, possibly complicating Sprint Nextel's attempt to buy out the company in conjunction with its acquisition by Softbank.Clearwire is struggling financially but owns broad swaths of spectrum, the lifeblood of wireless networks. The April 8 bid from "Party J," which...
pcworld.com (1 month and 3 days ago)
Verizon: Video accounts for 50% of mobile network traffic, and it’s only growing
Verizon is seeing video on its mobile network surge. Though it surely would like to encourage the trend, there's only so much video Verizon's customers can consume without going broke.
gigaom.com (1 month and 7 days ago)
How the Feds Want to Put Heat on AT&T and Verizon
Filed under: Investing Putting heat on the big players is simply the name of the regulatory game -- at least if you're the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last week, the DOJ makes it clear that it would like to put additional heat on dominant wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless. The FCC has a...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
Verizon CFO: Dividends To Stay Lean
Verizon Communications's Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo reiterated that cash distributions by Verizon Wireless will likely be "more lean" as the venture pays down debt and prepares for an expected government auction of wireless spectrum next year.
wsj.com (5 days ago)
Verizon Wants What Clearwire Has
Filed under: Investing There aren't a whole lot of things that Clearwire has that Verizon wants, but spectrum is certainly one of them. The Wall Street Journal reports that Big Red has offered Clearwire up to $1.5 billion to take some chunks of spectrum off its hands. Clearwire has valuable spectrum holdings in numerous key domestic markets, which Verizon could use to boost...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
Verizon CFO: Wireless Dividends To Stay Lean
Verizon Communications's Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo reiterated that cash distributions by Verizon Wireless will likely be "more lean" as the venture pays down debt and prepares for an expected government auction of wireless spectrum next year.
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