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In a great show of cross-industry cooperation, Sprint said it has completed its mission of clearing up 35 MHz of broadcast auxiliary service spectrum across the nation. The move comes as the industry is facing a looming “< ahref="http://s06coeda4d.onrocket.site/2010/02/24/fcc-seeks-more-wireless-spectrum-for-mobile-broadband-data-networks/">spectrum crisis” – more and more consumers want to use mobile data services but the choke point…
According to the documents found on the Federal Communications Commission’s website, a new Motorola phone (WX404) is heading to Cricket Wireless or MetroPCS. We’re not sure which of the two carriers will be adding the QWERTY keyboard-equipped candybar to its portfolio, but without a doubt we’ll know that in the next couple of weeks. In…
As you’ve probably heard, Verizon Wireless is preparing to launch its LTE network later in the year (newly discovered leaked documents additionally prove this). It won’t be a full blown launch across the country, but most likely a limited rollout with only specific markets being covered at start. On that note, check out what we’ve…
We’re looking forward to getting 500MHz of spectrum for mobile broadband use over the next 10 years, but for the next five, the FCC is looking to swap up 300MHz. Little by little, it’s on its way to doing just that. Last month, the FCC wanted to grab 90MHz of the Big Leo band and…
Ever since we caught wind of the Android-powered Motorola Motoroi, there have been rumors that Big Magenta would be getting the Motoroi with support for the 1700Mhz 3G band that T-Mobile likes to use. Today, we learn that the rumors might become reality, as the FCC has just updated the Motorola MB710 with additional specs,…
The unannounced BlackBerry Curve 9300 has earned its FCC wings today, including support for CDMA and AWS bands. We’ve seen a lot of the BlackBerry 9300, code-named Kepler, but there are still a few unclear details, like whether it has 256 MB or 512 MB of application memory, or if it will be launching with…
We know what you’re thinking, and you’re probably right. The Motorola Quench XT3/XT5 is some sort of successor to the lackluster Quench, or CLIQ XT for those in the US. And, as a successor, there are bound to be some improvements, right? Well, we actually have no idea. We’re just going on what we have…
President Obama and the White House have issued a memorandum which directs the executive departments and agencies to boost mobile services and this should lead to 500 MHz of spectrum being made available. The memorandum directs the Secretary of Commerce to work with the Federal Communications Commission to make 500 MHz of spectrum available over…
The biggest story of the week the iPhone 4 preorder fiasco, as many would-be iPhone owners found it difficult to give AT&T and Apple money. But Apple wasn’t the only one grabbing the headlines, as we received more information about the next generation of Droid smartphones from Motorola, we reviewed the myTouch 3G Slide for…
Despite the iPhone 4 prototypes having already been torn-down and analyzed for all the world to see, Apple is still looking to keep specifics on its internal hardware a secret for at least another 45 days. Apple has formally requested that the FCC, which routinely posts hardware tests and information as part of its handset…