This piece was originally published in the Super Mobility Week Official Show Daily. After FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler spoke during Day One, the rest of the FCC took the stage together on Day Two. CTIA CEO Meredith Attwell Baker played game show host as Mignon Clyburn, Michael O’Rielly, Ajit Pai and Jessica Rosenworcel took turns…
FCC Commissioners Share Ideas on 5G, Spectrum, Mobile Video
Tuesdays with Roger: CTIA CTO Tom Sawanobori Talks 5G
Before his CTO roundtable discussing the transition from 4G to 5G, during Day One of Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas, CTIA CTO Tom Sawanobori joined us for a conversation about the emerging network standard. We’ll discuss how U.S. operators are helping to define use cases and technical requirements for 5G and how the U.S.…
Verizon Signs Patent Deal with Google, Slams Trolls
Verizon announced it has entered into a “long-term patent cross-license agreement” with Google. The patents cover a range of products and technologies and the agreement will help both companies avoid future litigation. “Verizon has long championed patent reforms and industry actions that promote innovation,” Verizon General Counsel Randal Milch said in a statement. “We look…
T-Mobile Announces Data Stash Rollover Data Program
T-Mobile today announced it will begin offering Data Stash, letting customers rollover their unused data from month to month. Starting in January 2015, T-Mobile will rollover data for Simple Choice customers who buy 3GB or more for smartphones and 1GB or more for tablets. To kick off the deal, T-Mobile is putting 10GB of free…
T-Mobile Rolls Out New Unlimited LTE Family Plans
T-Mobile today announced it will offer an unlimited family plan that starts at $100 for two lines with unlimited talk, text and data. Beginning Dec. 10, customers can get the deal and add up to 10 lines with unlimited talk, text and data for $40 each. The new deal represents a $40 discount off of…
Wearables of Christmas Present and Future
Smartphones and tablets skew too big-ticket to find their way onto most holiday shopping lists, but wearables are a much more budget-friendly way to put tech under the tree. Wireless Week rounded up a handful of wearable devices that could help make the season bright and a few to keep in mind for next year.…
Verizon Refarming 3G Spectrum for LTE in 10 Markets
Verizon Wireless is dipping into PCS spectrum previously used for 3G operations and deploying LTE on the airwaves. The switchover, which was first spotted in Manhattan, will initially hit 10 different markets, according to Gigaom. Verizon Vice President of Network Operations Mike Haberman didn’t specify which markets would see the switch—though Gigaom’s report mentions Cleveland,…
nTelos Leaving Its Eastern Markets, Selling Spectrum to T-Mobile
nTelos today announced a “strategic refocus” that will see the Sprint wholesale partner shift its focus entirely to its West Virginia and western Virginia markets. nTelos will begin to wind down its network and retail operations in its eastern Virginia markets and will sell its 1900 MHz PCS spectrum in those markets to T-Mobile for…
AWS-3 Auction Pushes Past $39.5 Billion in Bids
The FCC’s AWS-3 auction keeps chugging along as bids today reached $39.5 billion in the forty-second round. More than $181 million in new bids came in during the most recent round, marking a 0.46 percent increase over the previous round. Of the 1,614 licenses up for grabs, 1,599 of them now have provisional winning bids…