| FCC 25mhz Spectrum Will Be Auctioned |
 | FCC 25mhz Spectrum Will Be Auctioned
Monday, May 26th 2008 -- The FCC today announced plans to begin another auction, this time in an attempt to sell off a portion of the 25mhz frequency, specifically the frequency in the 2155-2180 range.
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| Government Urges FCC To Take Aim At Early Termination Fees |
| Government Urges FCC To Take Aim At Early Termination Fees
Wednesday May 21st 2008 -- The Federal Governement has proposed steps that would ensure customers are not charged the exhorbited early termination fees set forth by carriers that can cost up to $175 per cancelled cellular phone line when still under contract.
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| National Mobile Alert System Proposed by FCC |
| National Mobile Alert System Proposed by FCC
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 -- The FCC wants to implement a new National Alert System, and it should be interesting to see how well the idea goes over with the major carriers, especially after the large amount of money spent on E911 systems, and the resulting fines that occured when target deadlines weren't met.
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| FCC Prize Spectrum Goes to Verizon Wireless |
| FCC Prize Spectrum Goes to Verizon Wireless
The C Block of wireless spectrum long seen as the main prize of the recent FCC spectrum auctions has been awarded to Verizon Wireless. Verizon captured the C Block spectrum at a cost of $4.74 billion. Other big winners included AT&T Wireless, MetroPCS, and Qualcomm.
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| FCC Ends 700 MHz Auction Bids |
| FCC Ends 700 MHz Auction Bids
FCC bidding on the 700 MHz auction came to an end on Tuesday. The bidding which ran over 38
days and consisted of 261rounds of bidding, generated $19.6 billion in bids for all blocks of spectrum being auctioned.
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| Cellular Analog Services will End on Monday |
| Cellular Analog Networks Will End on Monday
The FCC is allowing wireless carriers to shut down their Analog and TDMA networks as of Monday, January 18th 2008. A move that signals an end for one of the first cellular networks, and is estimated to effect very few customers still using an analog or TDMA device.
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| FCC 700mhz Spectrum Bidding Reaches $8.7 Billion |
| FCC Auction Bids Reach $8.7 Billion
Bidding on the 700mhz spectrum has reached $8.7 billion dollars, with a large chunk of that bidding going towards the popular C block frequency, a block of spectrum that has reached 3.8 billion dollars in bids so far, and which includes the saught after open access spectrum.
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| 2nd Round of FCC bidding ends for 700mhz Spectrum |
| FCC 700mhz Auction Concludes Second Round Bidding
$2.8 Billion dollars at the end of the second bidding round of the FCC 700mhz spectrum auction may seem like alot of money to own a small piece of wireless spectrum, but that number is only expect to grow as more bidders via for a chance to own a part of the space being persued by such powerhouses as Google Inc and Verizon Wireless.
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| FCC Fines Target E911 Failures |
| FCC Fines Target E911 Failures
Sprint, Nextel, U.S. Cellular and Alltell wireless are facing fines totaling approximently $2.8 Million dollars after network failures and a lack of E911 support has left dispatchers unable to track critical 911 geographics placed from cellular devices
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