FCC Schedules 700 MHz Auction for 16-Jan-2008

The FCC will commence its auction of the 700 MHz band licenses on 16-January-2008. Specifically, the auction (designated as Auction 73) will include 1,099 licenses in the 698-806 MHz bands, including 176 licenses over Economic Areas (EAs) in the A Block, 734 licenses over Cellular Market Areas (CMAs) in the B Block, 176 licenses over EAs in the E Block, 12 licenses over Regional Economic Area Groupings (REAGs) in the C Block, and one nationwide...

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Nortel Teams with Universities on 4G R&D

Nortel is conducting collaborative research on 4G technologies with several leading universities, including the University of Waterloo in Canada, The University of Texas at Austin, and National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taiwan. The R&D is aimed at improving spectral efficiency, and decreasing time to market for Nortel's 4G mobile broadband solutions, which include Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e), and the Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) cellular standards.Nortel has also formed new partnerships with Mera Networks in Russia...

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National Grid Wireless Changes Name to Lightower

National Grid Wireless, a start-up based in Boxborough, MA, has changed its corporate name to Lightower. The name change comes after the completion of the purchase of the wireless assets, fiber optic infrastructure and wireless services organization by M/C Venture Partners and Wachovia Capital Partners, announced in May 2007.Lightower's network infrastructure portfolio consisting of approximately 350 communications towers, access to over two million distribution poles, and an extensive dark fiber network in New England, with over 1,100 available...

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Nokia Requests ITC Investigation Into QUALCOMM

Nokia filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Qualcomm has engaged in unfair trade practices through infringing 5 Nokia patents in its CDMA and WCDMA/GSM chipsets. Nokia is requesting that the ITC initiate an investigation and issue an exclusion order to bar importation to the United States of infringing Qualcomm chipsets, and products such as handsets, containing the infringing chipsets. http://www.nokia....

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AT&T Outlines $100 Million Upgrades in Nevada

AT&T announced plans to invest approximately $100 million in Nevada throughout the next several years in fiber network upgrades, further broadband deployment and Internet-based technologies. The investments will be aimed at bringing new services, such as IPTV, to Nevada consumers. AT&T said the investment commitment is the result of the enactment of Nevada Assembly Bill 526, which reforms video-franchising regulations. http://www.att....

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Level 3 Adds to Board

Level 3 Communications appointed Douglas C. Eby and Michael J. Mahoney to its Board of Directors. Eby, 48, is chairman and CEO of TimePartners LLC, an investment advisory firm. He also serves as president of Torray LLC, an independent money management firm. Mahoney, 57, was most recently the president and CEO of Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises. He was also president and COO of RCN Corporation, president and COO of C-TEC Corporation, and executive vice president and general manager of C-TEC Cable Systems. http://www.level3....

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