New York revokes Spectrum’s license to operate in state

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The state says that the broadband provider had failed to expand its network quickly enough as it was agreed upon for the Charter-Time Warner Cable merger.

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Spectrum Mobile begins service with similar terms to Xfinity Mobile

Just like Comcast's own Xfinity Mobile, the service is offer on top of Verizon's LTE network and a mesh of free Wi-Fi hotspots across the nation.

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Sprint and T-Mobile said to cling to as much spectrum before conceding to government

The FCC and Department of Justice are set to look at a merger between the nation's fourth- and third-largest cellular networks. They'll be making demands.

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T-Mobile 600MHz ambitions laid out in FCC meeting as it curbs TV’s edge

The two entities met and a paper was filed. T-Mobile spent a lot of time trying to dissuade TV broadcasters from doing anything they'd consider silly.

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T-Mobile funds PBS stations’ relocation efforts in the wake of 600MHz auction

Many rural stations that extend their signal through translators wouldn't have the money to realign frequencies or even shut them down without this cash.

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T-Mobile’s 600 MHz timeline is ‘well ahead of expectations’, with tests underway this summer

T-Mobile is looking to quickly capitalize on wide 600 MHz spectrum it spent nearly $8 billion on fairly recently, with a big deployment planned this year.

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600MHz reverse auction said to be nearing end

Analysts are seeing the end near the first phase of the auctions process in the FCC’s scheme to free up 600MHz spectrum from TV broadcasters for cellular networks’ use.The first auction, expected to end this week, works in reverse, asking broadcasters the minimum offer that they would accept from wireless service providers in order to relinquish their spectrum. The commission will disclose the cumulative target amount that bidders will have to meet in order to end the auction process.Analysts ...

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T-Mobile thinks it can deploy 600MHz by end of 2017

Broadcasters don’t think they can make the moves they would need to make in the 39 months the FCC allotted them after the end of the 600MHz spectrum auction. So, how does T-Mobile think it can take advantage of spectrum it won’t be able to feasibly work on past 2020?Well, ...

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The end of 2G for AT&T slated for this year

We’ve been livin’ on the EDGE for a long time, but AT&T figures it’s about that time that the sky started falling on GSM. CFO John Stevens says the network’s remaining 2G networks will be shut off by the end of this year.In AT&T’s Q1 earnings conference call, Stevens said that the company moved off six million customers from 2G in the past 12 months. Some stubborn feature phone-wielding subscribers may end up getting lost in the transition, ...

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