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Sprint website offers details on iDEN tower reductions

News Sprint has said in the past that it's planning to phase out iDEN as part of its Network Vision project, and now the carrier has put together a website for Nextel users to let them know when it plans to begin reducing iDEN towers in its...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 5

Sprint gives LightSquared March deadline to gain FCC approval for LTE network

News LightSquared hasn't been having much luck in its quest to earn FCC approval for its plans to build out a nationwide LTE network, and today Sprint revealed that if the company can't get approval by soon, a deal struck between the two last...

from 2012 by Alex Wagner 4

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Verizon offers an explanation for its recent 4G LTE outages

4g As I'm sure many of you know, Verizon's 4G LTE network has had a bit of a rough December, suffering from three different outages that knocked out the carrier's speedy data coverage for short periods of time. What you may not know, though,...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 31

Sprint builds out first LTE cluster in Illinois

4g Ever heard of Kankakee, Ill.? The Midwestern city is making some headlines today because it's home to the first cluster of Sprint LTE cell towers. In its announcement, Sprint said that its completing field testing with the new towers and...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 19

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Verizon experiencing another data outage [UPDATED]

4g The month of December hasn't been kind to Verizon and its network, as the carrier has run into data outages twice in the past few weeks. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the tail end of the month is going to be much better, as numerous...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 109 74 Reactions

AT&T announces that its purchase of 700MHz Qualcomm spectrum is complete

4g And just like that, AT&T's deal is done. Nope, not that one. This one. AT&T today announced that it's officially completed its purchase of 700MHz spectrum from Qualcomm, an agreement that we first learned of a little over a year ago. The...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 2

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Verizon hit with another major data outage [UPDATED]

4g Having problems checking a Twitter feed on your Verizon handset while enjoying a bowl of cereal this morning? You're not the only one, as Verizon's network seems to be down for users across the country. Both 3G and 4G data have been...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 9

Verizon's recent spectrum deals to be examined by Department of Justice

News As I'm sure many of you have noticed, Verizon's been on a bit of a spectrum shopping spree as of late, agreeing to drop $3.6 billion on AWS licenses from the cable group SpectrumCo as well as another $315 million to Cox for more AWS...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 0

Verizon to pay $315 million to Cox for AWS spectrum

News Verizon's spectrum shopping spree continues today, as Cox Communications and Verizon have agreed to a swap that'll see the former selling the latter some AWS spectrum in exchange for $315 million. The spectrum that Cox is giving up 20MHz...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 4

Verizon drops $3.6 billion on AWS spectrum from cable company group

4g The big news that most of us are waiting for Verizon to spill the beans on concerns a a little device named Galaxy Nexus, but this morning Big Red took the time to make another announcement that's just as (if not more) huge. Today Verizon...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 6

Verizon, Leap Wireless seek FCC approval for spectrum swap

News Looks like Verizon Wireless and Leap Wireless (known for its Cricket subsidiary) are interested in playing a little game of Spectrum Swap. According to a new FCC filing, the trade would give Leap a 12MHz channel of 700MHz spectrum in...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 3

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Verizon's 4G LTE network experiencing some problems

4g As I'm sure many of you HTC ThunderBolt owners out there have noticed by now, Verizon's been having some LTE network problems since late last night. Big Red confirmed the issues on its Twitter account earlier this morning, explaining that...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 64 44 Reactions

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Verizon users suffering 3G/4G network issues?

3g Verizon customers, heads up. Reports are flying in that Big Red is currently experiencing problems with both its 3G and 4G data networks. To compound things a bit, the folks at Droid-Life have heard that VZW stores will be unable to...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 43

AT&T says it needs T-Mobile to avoid spectrum problems

Business And Money AT&T is regularly criticized for having some network issues in cities like New York City and San Francisco, but without a T-Mobile acquisition, the carrier would face even more problems. AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega has told CNN that one of...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 6

AT&T confirms that it plans to use T-Mobile's AWS spectrum for LTE

Business And Money As a part of AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile, the carrier announced that they'd be able to deploy LTE to an additional 46.5 million users. ATT revealed today that in order to aid in their LTE roll out, they'll be using T-Mo's 1700MHz AWS...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 7

Sprint Direct Connect is iDEN's successor, launching with an Android device later this year

News Sprint has reminded us time and time again that iDEN will be going the way of the Dodo in 2013, and today the carrier announced the tech that will replace it. Sprint's Direct Connect is a new push-to-talk solution that's running on their...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 0

Verizon experiencing network problems in Virginia [UPDATED]

News It's always a bad day for us phone-obsessed folk when our carrier of choice experiences a data outage, but data and voice? That's rough, but that's exactly what appears to be happening to Verizon customers in Virginia. Verizon has...

from 2011 by Alex Wagner 3

Sprint and Motorola team up to support iDEN through 2013

News Sprint has said several times now that they plan to slowly phase out their iDEN network and completely shut it down in 2013, but a new announcement from Sprint shows that they're ready to shutter iDEN just yet. In a press release sent out...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 3

Verizon experiences 3G network issues, says everything is fixed now

3g Usually when we hear of a network outage, it only occurs in one or two portions of the country, but this morning Verizon is experiencing network troubles that are much worse. Reports have been flowing in this morning saying that Verizon's...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 2

Sprint phasing out iDEN in 2013, planning multi-billion dollar network upgrades

4g We've heard Sprint say that they were planning to phase out their iDEN network a couple of times in the past, but the company wants you to know that they really, really mean it. Today Sprint announced that it'll be getting rid of its iDEN...

from 2010 by Alex Wagner 0

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"Are outages like this acceptable in 2012?"

Jorge Luis Guerra It's called WiFi guys.

Corster Sharp im in virgin mob uk

Joel Williams is it acceptable for blogs to ask braindead questions in 2012?

Marvin Jose Figueroa I have VM AND YEA IT SCRWED MY DAY UP WIT THE TXTS....ALL THE TXT MA FRIENDS SENT DURING DA DAY CAME YO ME DURING DA NITE SMH

Ryan Rampersad I was affected by that outage, not significantly, but it still happened. In the two and half years I've had Virgin Mobile, this is the third time I think they had any real down time. For what I pay for it, it's not a big deal and email on wifi still worked, so it wasn't such a big deal.