Cyren Call

Cyren Call May Quite D Block Role

Stevie Converse — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:38:03 -0800

Reform Groups Tell FCC that D Block Needs New Leadership

Stevie Converse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:10:30 -0700

A small set of public interest groups are back on the warpath regarding the D Block—that big piece of the 700MHz spectrum that the Federal Communications Commission tried to auction off in March as a combined commercial/public safety band. Nobody bid the FCC's minimal asking price for the zone, and now the Commission is running a proceeding on how to do it right the second time around.

Sprint Mulls Shedding Nextel Unit

Stevie Converse — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:13:55 -0700

Wireless provider Sprint Nextel Corp. is considering spinning off or selling its ailing Nextel unit, people familiar with the situation say. The move would be a dramatic acknowledgment that Sprint's $35 billion acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. in 2005 has been a failure.

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.

It's Nice When the FCC Listens Part II — the Cyren Call Investigation Is Out

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:18:04 -0700

When it rains, it positively pours. The FCC just released its Inspector General Report on whether Cyren Call screwed up the D Block.

FCC Will Try Again to Create Network for First Reponders

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:49:38 -0700

The Federal Communications Commission will craft a new plan for the creation of a nationwide emergency communications network after the first one failed to attract any support.

Dingell to Examine Financial Relationship Between PSST, Cyren Call

Stevie Converse — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:31:35 -0700

House Energy & Commerce Committee chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.) wants to take a closer look at the financial arrangement between the Public Safety Spectrum Trust and outside contractor Cyren Call.

700 MHz Auction: No Lease Demanded, Public Safety Group Says

Stevie Converse — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:27:06 -0700

The company advising a public safety group on the recently concluded 700MHz spectrum auction at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has denied that it demanded lease payments from potential winning bidders for a piece of that spectrum.