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AT&T drops $39B T-Mobile bid; 'duopoly' averted
December 19, 2011 10:43 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsAT&T is hanging up on its $39 billion bid to buy smaller wireless provider T-Mobile USA, nearly four months after the U.S. government raised concerns that the deal would raise prices, reduce innovation and give customers fewer choices.
TV channel squeeze proposed to pay for tax cuts
December 19, 2011 2:07 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsCongress is considering letting cell phone companies pay television stations to give up their frequencies so they can be put to better use for wireless broadband.
WhiteSpace Alliance forms with eye on international markets
December 19, 2011 2:01 pm | by Brian Santo | News | CommentsThe WhiteSpace Alliance plans to address the world market with the new IEEE 802.22 wireless broadband technology.
Don’t cut that fiber just yet
December 19, 2011 2:00 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsWill end users opt to cut the data cord in the same way they've cut their voice landlines? While it might sound improbable, LTE is certainly capable of providing such a service.
Videotron targets rural Québec for wireless data offering
December 19, 2011 1:57 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsIn partnership with Industry Canada's Broadband Canada program, Videotron is offering its wireless Internet service in remote areas of Québec that were previously without data services.
British Telecom files patent suit against Google
December 19, 2011 1:56 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsBritish Telecom (BT) has filed allegations of patent infringement against Google with a district court in Delaware.
Trilithic promotes 3 execs in Broadband Instruments group
December 19, 2011 1:54 pm | by Traci Patterson | News | CommentsTrilithic promoted three executives, including Daniel Dillon, who was named director of product marketing for mobile systems applications within the company's Broadband Instruments Division.
Cox sells AWS spectrum to Verizon; they agree to sell each other’s services
December 16, 2011 2:47 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsThe other shoe just dropped now that Cox Communications announced that it is selling its 20 MHz Advanced Wireless Services licenses to Verizon Wireless for $315 million.
Rogers launches beta version of iPad app for live streaming
December 16, 2011 2:38 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsAs part of its overall TV anywhere strategy, Rogers Communications announced the beta launch of its Rogers Live TV app for iPads, which enables live streaming of shows in subscribers’ homes.
GSMA warns of LTE spectrum fragmentation
December 16, 2011 2:26 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsFor all the promise of LTE, it appears that global roaming on so-called “world phones” is one thing it might not be able to deliver.
Sprint uses Carrier IQ on 26M phones; AT&T lists 900K
December 16, 2011 2:25 pm | by Maisie Ramsay, Wireless Week | News | CommentsSprint uses Carrier IQ's software on 26 million devices, and AT&T uses the technology on 900,000 phones.
Apple continues tablet dominance; Amazon snags share
December 16, 2011 2:23 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week | News | CommentsApple continued to drive worldwide media tablet shipments in the third quarter, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Media Tablet and eReader Tracker.
Time Warner Cable in an Android state of mind
December 15, 2011 2:15 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsTime Warner Cable has released its second Android-based app in as many weeks, with the latest, My TWC, taking flight.
Suddenlink offers any-room DVR with TiVo Premiere
December 15, 2011 2:10 pm | by Mike Robuck | News | CommentsSuddenlink Communications subscribers that currently enjoy TiVo Premiere in their homes can now pause a recorded program in one room and resume watching it in another.
Networks shell out billions for NFL
December 15, 2011 1:56 pm | by The Associated Press | News | CommentsWith NFL games enjoying seemingly invincible ratings while most everything else on TV goes down, down, down, the league's traditional broadcast partners embraced a deal that sends their rights fees up, up, up.
