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Sprint Ups Ante With DISH, Increases Bid for Clearwire

Sprint calls this bid for the half of Clearwire it doesn't own its "best and final offer." ...More
May 21, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Sprint Wraps Buy of U.S. Cellular Assets

The carrier says this will significantly increase its network capacity and improve the customer experience in these markets. ...More
May 17, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Clearwire Spurns DISH's Advances, Recommends Sprint's Offer to Shareholders

Shareholders, who will vote on the proposal on May 21, saw no mention of DISH Network in the letter, despite the satellite provider's offer of $3.30 per share for all of Clearwire, which is higher than Sprint's bid of $2.97. ...More
May 6, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
DISH's Sprint Bid a 'Market-Shaking Move'

Your move, SoftBank. The wireless industry now waits to see if the Japanese company will up the ante in the fight with DISH Network over Sprint. ...More
April 16, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Verizon Wireless Wants Clearwire's Spectrum

Verizon Wireless is ready to shell out $1.5 billion for Clearwire's spectrum in America's biggest markets, the same day that DISH said it wants to buy Sprint for more than $25 billion. The spectrum race is going bonkers. ...More
April 15, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
AT&T To Get More Spectrum with Corr Wireless Buy

AT&T is set to acquire spectrum and subscribers belonging to Corr Wireless, a 2G operator owned by C Spire Wireless. ...More
April 8, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News
JDSU Buys Arieso for Mobile Software Expertise

JDSU says buying Arieso gives it more high-caliber, mobile-software engineering expertise to address the rapidly growing deployment of small cells and challenges associated with limited spectrum capacity. ...More
March 13, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
MWC: AT&T, Vodafone, Other CSPs on LTE's Promise and Regulatory Challenges

They might be fierce competitors, but all the service-provider chief executives speaking on the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona were singing off the same song sheet. ...More
February 25, 2013
Posted in Blog
Cisco Wraps Intucell Acquisition

Cisco says the acquisition enhances its commitment to global service providers by adding a critical network intelligence layer to manage and optimize spectrum, coverage and capacity. ...More
February 25, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Customer Experience Management, Service & Network Management
AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon 'To Be Applauded' for Spectrum-Sharing Agreement

AT&T was quick to point out that clearing and reallocating is still the best approach to freeing up spectrum for commercial mobile broadband use, but when that is neither time- nor cost-effective, sharing arguments might be worth pursuing. ...More
February 4, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News