Clearwire may have five times more 4G spectrum than its competitors, but AT&T and Verizon point out 700 MHz isn’t the only band they can use for LTE

The FCC is set to unveil its national broadband plan tomorrow, and among other ambitious goals it calls for freeing up 500 MHz of spectrum for wireless broadband and refocusing the Universal Service Fund. What caught my eye though was FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal for the D Block of the 700 MHz band that is the fulcrum for building a nationwide, interoperable, broadband network f...

The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) is waiting for federal broadband stimulus dollars. If it receives the grant, the utility will deploy and LTE network using 700 MHz spectrum across 15,120 square miles of desert. The plan is to deploy a 550-mile fiber backbone and microwave links to connect some 30,000 households in the Navajo Nation, which stretches across parts of Arizona, New Mexic...

PC Magazine - If recent speed tests are any indication, Verizon's new 700 MHz 4G LTE network will be "significantly faster" than the carrier's current 3G deployment, the company said Monday.

The FCC's proposal to re-auction the D Block of the 700 MHz spectrum band--part of a broader effort to create an interoperable, pubic-safety broadband network--has sparked a mixed bag of reactions. The wireless carrier community has been muted on the issue, but a major public-safety group has expressed its disappointment with the plan. Yesterday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the commi...

The FCC today recommened a plan for a public/private partnership public-safety network, though the partnership is different than the one the FCC pursued in the failed 700 MHz D Block auction two years ago, notes Urgent Communications. Two years ago, a segment of the 700 MHz frequency band, the D Block, failed to attain

Genachowski recommends national wireless broadband public safety network has access to the entire 700 MHz band

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said the commission's national broadband plan will call on Congress to allocate $16 billion to $18 billion over 10 years to help build an interoperable, pubic-safety broadband network--a bold effort to move forward on an issue that has stymied the FCC for years. He also said the plan would call for a re-auction of the D Block of the 700 MHz spectrum band, and s...

BARCELONA, Spain--Cable vendor Cox Communications tested LTE network technology on both its AWS and 700 MHz spectrum in Phoenix and San Diego, and has recorded peak speeds in the range of 25 Mbps. However, Stephen Bye, Cox's vice president of wireless services, described wireless as "complimentary" to the MSO's wired network and explained that LTE will never handle the traffic loads that...

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless, a CDMA operator in the process of transitioning to LTE on the 700 MHz band, and Skype, a company who disrupted both landline and mobile operators with their free, extremely high quality calls, are holding a joint press conference at Mobile World Congress, an event that mainly highlights innovation in the