May 28

May 28 T-Mobile Acquiring Nearly All Of US Cellular’s Wireless Operations For $4.4 Billion

Tony Veach

Mergers & Acquisitions, Spectrum, Towers, Wireless

T-Mobile is acquiring nearly all of US Cellular’s wireless operations for approximately $4.4 billion.

Mar 21

Mar 21 FCC Releases Auction 108 Procedures – Bidding To Commence On July 29, 2022

Tony Veach

Spectrum, Spectrum Auctions

The FCC has announced the procedures to be used for Auction 108, which will make available approximately 8,000 new flexible-use, county-based overlay licenses in the 2.5 GHz band (2496–2690 MHz).

Jul 19

Jul 19 Dish Network Enters Into Strategic Network Services Agreement With AT&T

Tony Veach

5G, Spectrum, Wireless

Dish Network has entered into a Network Services Agreement with AT&T which makes AT&T the primary network service provider for customers of Dish’s retail wireless brands, and provides AT&T use of Dish spectrum in various markets.

Mar 12

Mar 12 Recent Mergers & Acquisitions In The Communications Industry

Tony Veach

Broadband, Mergers & Acquisitions, Spectrum

An update on recent mergers and acquisitions in the communications industry

Mar 7

Mar 7 Weekly News Update: March 1 - 7

Tony Veach

Bankruptcy, Broadband, Broadband Funding, Broadband Mapping, Congress, EBB Program, FCC, ISPs, Legislation, RDOF, Spectrum, Universal Service, USF Contribution, Wireless, Wireline

News update for March 1 - 7.

Feb 24

Feb 24 FCC Announces Results Of Record-Breaking C-Band Auction – $81.1 Billion In Gross Bids, With All Licenses Won

Tony Veach

C Band, FCC, Spectrum, Spectrum Auctions

The FCC has announced the results of Auction 107 – the C-Band auction of new flexible-use overlay licenses in the 3.7–3.98 GHz band.

NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association Files Technical Guide To Help FCC Evaluate RDOF Winning Bidders’ Proposed Gigabit Fixed Wireless Networks

Feb 1

Feb 1 NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association Files Technical Guide To Help FCC Evaluate RDOF Winning Bidders’ Proposed Gigabit Fixed Wireless Networks

Tony Veach

Broadband, Broadband Deployment, Broadband Funding, FCC, Fixed Wireless, WISP, Wireless, Spectrum, RDOF

NTCA has filed a technical whitepaper to aid the FCC in its review of long-form applications submitted by RDOF auction winners that propose to provide Gigabit broadband service using fixed wireless technologies.