Will the FCC have another mega merger to consider?
The Internet is blowing up not only with news of the sale of Apple’s iPhone 5, but also with the speculation that Sprint may be considering a little mischief in the mergers and acquisitions arena. One...
View ArticleOrange County hasn’t made its interference case against wireless carriers
The Orange County, California Sheriff’s Department would like the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider its order that provided spectrum management flexibility in the 800MHz band. Orange...
View ArticleShould regulators have a problem with Sprint being owned by a Japanese cell...
The New York Times yesterday reported that Japanese telecommunications company SoftBank is in merger talks with Sprint, possibly to invest up to $12.5 billion for a 70% stake in the company. On the...
View ArticleSprint goes after spectrum from U.S. Cellular
Sprint recently announced plans to buy spectrum and customers from U.S. Cellular. For $480 million and the assumption of certain liabilities, the nation’s number three wireless carrier will get 585,000...
View ArticleMotley Fool thinks AT&T is bullish when it comes to spectrum
A post in the Motley Fool describes AT&T management as “bullish” when it comes to spectrum. The post uses AT&T’s attempts at acquiring T-Mobile last year (Wow, has it been a year?) as an...
View ArticleSpectrum: Larry Downes describes the downside of changing a social goal
Last week Larry Downes posted an article on how the Federal Communications Commission seems to have lost its way on broadband policy. With a spectrum frontier that, according to Mr. Downes, is...
View ArticleThe New York Times is wrong on Sprint, T-Mobile
The editorial board of The New York Times has come out swinging against Sprint‘s (NYSE:S) speculated combination with T-Mobile (NYSE:TMUS). SoftBank (OTC:SFTBY), a Japanese wireless provider, owns a...
View ArticleNo response to Wheeler’s response on wireless
There was no appreciable response to Federal Communications Commission chairman Tom Wheeler’s comments at the CTIA show in Las Vegas mentioning that the FCC may reconsider the distinction between fixed...
View ArticleWhy is FCC spectrum policy favoring weak business models?
Reading Jeff Mazella’s piece for the Center of Individual Freedom regarding T-Mobile’s two-sided arguments on spectrum has me wondering why the Federal Communications Commission even attempts to...
View ArticleSprint may plan to mortgage its license proceeds but not the spectrum license
Sprint, a mobile broadband provider, has been plodding through eight years of losses. It has been toiling under the weight of $34 billion of debt. To give itself relief, Softbank, the entity with...
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