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Managing market share by restricting spectrum ownership – warnings of a managed economy?
A raging debate over the future of the U.S. wireless industry has taken center stage in Washington, and attracted the attention of the Europeans whose own wireless industry is imploding. The outcome of the debate will directly impact the US …
How Sprint-Dish would affect Sprint shareholders, customers, competitors and the regulators
Dish Network just threw its hat into another merger ring with its $25.5 billion bid to acquire Sprint. This follows Dish’s bid to purchase Clearwire, which Sprint was already in the process of purchasing. Dish’s announcement followed Friday’s news that …
Roger’s Recon: Who’s competing and how: Overview of the wireless ecosphere
The wireless industry has become a multi-polar competitive industry. The days of the carriers sitting at the center of the universe dictating the orbits of its vendors are over. Looking at just how operators are competing against each other is …
Forcing 700 MHz A-Block interoperability is not the answer
Wouldn’t it be nice if everything worked together like magic? Well, while wireless seems like magic to us, it is pure physics that make it work. Wishful thinking, ideological dictums, and philosophical preferences have no effect on how it actually …
Sprint to be largest U.S. spectrum holder if Clearwire deal approved
Sprint yesterday announced it will purchase the remaining 47 percent of Clearwire it does not already own for $2.97 per share or $2.2 billion. This values Clearwire at $10 billion, $4.5 billion in equity and $5.5 billion in assumed debt. …
Carriers double down on network investments, but need regulator support
The world is going wireless in every way possible. Wireless connections are at an all-time high–both globally (with more than 6.8 billion connections) and domestically (with more than 320 million connections). More than 50 percent of Americans use their mobile …
LTE and the US – Consumers are King
A few days ago, a short report from the GSMA’s Wireless Intelligence (WI) group intimated that prices for LTE wireless data are lower in Europe than they are in the U.S. WI attributes the lower prices to more competition in …
Infographic: 3.8 Million Jobs in the US Depend on Wireless
The wireless sector generates jobs for more than 3.8 million people. This is larger than the hotels and lodgings, auto manufacturing and agriculture sectors combined.
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Infographic: Wireless Domestic Product
Due to its indisputable value to Americans, the US wireless industry has grown into one of the largest sectors of the US economy. The US wireless industry generates as much economic activity as the Czech Republic, the 46th largest economy …
