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U.S. delays 'incentive' airwaves auction to early 2016
2014-10-26 06:43:00| Telecom - Topix.net
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission expects a major auction of low-frequency airwaves to be pushed back to early 2016 from mid-2015 because of its complexity and a pending court challenge, an FCC official said in a blog post on Friday. The FCC is working on rules for the so-called incentive auction, in which wireless carriers would get the first opportunity since 2008 to purchase airwaves that are considered the "beach-front property" of radio spectrum for their reach and strength.
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Big U.S. wireless carriers, Dish plan bids in airwaves auction
2014-10-02 09:41:40| Telecom - Topix.net
Three of the four largest U.S. wireless carriers and satellite provider Dish Network Corp plan to bid in the Federal Communications Commission's November auction of airwaves, according to initial applications released on Wednesday. As expected, the largest U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Communications Inc, No.
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la TV stations free up airwaves for wireless broadband
2014-09-12 01:15:28| Wireless - Topix.net
An effort to free up some of the airwaves used by TV broadcasts and make them available for wireless broadband took a big step forward this week in the U.S. Two TV stations in Los Angeles, KLCS and KCET, have agreed to share a single frequency to deliver their programming, freeing up a channel that can be auctioned off to wireless carriers next year. The change, which the Federal Communications Commission calls "repackaging," is possible because digital TV broadcasts don't need the full 6MHz of broadcast spectrum that was used for analog TV.
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Chemical industry hits the airwaves for Eric Cantor
2014-05-22 06:26:20| Chemicals - Topix.net
It is the first time in the ACC's 142-year history that the council has made an independent expenditure on behalf of any candidate in a contested primary.
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UPDATE 1-U.S. FCC delays incentive auction of airwaves to mid-2015
2013-12-07 07:57:05| Telecom - Topix.net
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission, as long predicted, now plans to hold the so-called incentive auction of broadcast airwaves in mid-2015, a year later than originally intended, the agency chairman said on Friday.
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