spectrum auction

FCC Open Meeting

Stevie Converse — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:06:52 -0800

Start: 12/18/2008 - 00:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT-4

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin J. Martin has circulated the following items for consideration by his fellow FCC Commissioners as part of the tentative agenda for the next open meeting scheduled for Thursday, December 18, 2008.

Is Free Wireless Data Fair?

Stevie Converse — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:49:50 -0700

FCC Engineers Back Airwaves Auction

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:06:01 -0700

T-Mobile Asks FCC to Explain AWS-3 Test Results

Stevie Converse — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:24:52 -0700

FCC Proposes New Plan to Auction D Block

Stevie Converse — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:43:53 -0700

There Is No Windfall in the White Space

Stevie Converse — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:37:18 -0700

FCC Revives Emergency Communications Plan

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:16:36 -0700

FCC Chief Would Cut Minimum Bid on D Block Airwaves

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:53:37 -0700

Lawmakers Caution FCC to Slow Down on Safety Auction Rules

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:33:39 -0700

Free Wireless Group Denies T-Mobile's Claims of Signal Interference

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:26:31 -0700

FCC Chairman Wants to Cut D Block Price

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:23:58 -0700

FCC Advances Airwave Auction

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:19:34 -0700

FCC Considering New D Block Auction Plan

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:27:42 -0700

T-Mobile Appeals to FCC to Rethink 'Free Internet' Proposal

Stevie Converse — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:12:42 -0700

Reps. Barton, Stearns Ask FCC to Drop Free Internet Idea

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:44:47 -0700

Two senior House Republicans are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to drop a proposal that the winning bidder of a swath of airwaves offers free Internet services to the public as part of the deal.

Free Internet Is Part of New FCC Airwaves Auction

Stevie Converse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:49:09 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography.

Google's Page Says U.S. Government Should Open up Its Spectrum

Stevie Converse — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:50:30 -0700

The U.S. government should explore ways to conduct real-time auctions of its vast, and often unused, wireless spectrum holdings, with agencies holding spectrum to get the profits from the sales, Google cofounder Larry Page said Thursday.

FCC Inspector General Report Finds No Wrongdoing in Spectrum Auction

Stevie Converse — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:18:29 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission's Inspector General concluded in a report released Friday that a combination of factors led to the lack of bidders -- there was only one -- for spectrum to build a public-private network that could be used for emergency communications.

Rural Carriers Were Big Losers in 700MHz Auction

Stevie Converse — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:35:13 -0700

If anyone lost in the recent 700MHz spectrum auction, it was rural carriers. The FCC set reserve prices too high for small companies to afford individually and its anticollusion rules kept them from banding together to buy airwaves as a group.

Phone, Satellite Companies to Redevelop Airwaves for New Wireless Products

Stevie Converse — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:42:21 -0700

The airwaves currently carry television UHF channels 52 to 69. Those might be second-rate properties on analog television, but they're prime real estate in the wireless world -- likened by the FCC to "beachfront property" from which providers will be able to develop nationwide, high-speed Internet products.