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Mobile Industry

AT&T, Dish Network and T-Mobile were the biggest winners in the FCC's latest 5G auction

The third largest auction in FCC history

By Shawn Knight, January 17, 2022, 8:57 AM

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Mobile Industry

Verizon outspent every other carrier combined in latest FCC 5G spectrum auction

All of the available licenses were claimed in the auction

By Shawn Knight, February 25, 2021, 9:29 AM

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FCC generates more than $4.5 billion in latest wireless spectrum auction

More than 20,000 spectrum licenses were scooped up

By Shawn Knight, September 3, 2020, 9:22 AM 9 comments

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Industry Mobile

T-Mobile, Comcast, Dish and US Cellular among big winners in FCC broadcast airwaves auction

By Shawn Knight, April 13, 2017, 2:45 PM

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Mobile Industry

White House pledges $400 million to research 5G wireless technology

By Shawn Knight, July 15, 2016, 4:30 PM 13 comments

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Industry Mobile

AT&T, Dish and Verizon were among the top spenders in the FCC's wireless spectrum auction

By Shawn Knight, January 31, 2015, 9:00 AM

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Industry Mobile

America's smartphone addiction fueled record-setting FCC spectrum auction

By Shawn Knight, January 29, 2015, 2:15 PM

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Industry Mobile

FCC spectrum auction surpasses $34 billion in bids as wireless carriers fight for airwaves

By Shawn Knight, November 24, 2014, 7:45 AM

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Industry Mobile

FCC postpones wireless spectrum auction until 2016 due to pending court challenge

By Shawn Knight, October 25, 2014, 12:15 PM

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FCC frees up 100MHz of wireless spectrum to ease congested Wi-Fi networks

By Shawn Knight, April 1, 2014, 9:30 AM

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Germany, UK to work together on speedy 5G wireless rollout

By Shawn Knight, March 10, 2014, 12:30 PM

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Industry The Web

FCC proposal may greatly improve airplane Wi-Fi

By Rick Burgess, May 10, 2013, 4:30 PM 8 comments

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MetroPCS shareholders agree to T-Mobile merger

By Shawn Knight, April 24, 2013, 5:30 PM

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AT&T agrees to purchase Alltel spectrum, customers for $780 million

By Shawn Knight, January 22, 2013, 6:30 PM

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Inexpensive jammers can block 4G-LTE across entire cities

By Rick Burgess, November 15, 2012, 3:30 PM 18 comments

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Sprint buys PCS spectrum, half a million customers from U.S. Cellular

By Shawn Knight, November 8, 2012, 8:30 AM