Reno gets consolation prize Qualcomm

The Government gave AT & t consolation prize yesterday when approved the acquisition of a large carrier Qualcomm in unused wireless the refusal spectrum after its ingestion of T-Mobile.

Qualcomm is 6 MHz wide spectrum, plus additional 6 MHz in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and San Francisco, will be used to speed up the AT & T 4 G LTE services. (The spectrum is the remains of Qualcomm's FLO TV Mobile TV failed services.)

The aim is, perhaps, it is not a direct hate at & T, the Government agrees with the embarkation of AT & t set custom frequency distribution, which will be more difficult (but not impossible) to roam on much to the dismay of rural carriers. Kevin Fitchard on GigaOm has really good explanation of the .

The FCC will discuss the complex question of 700 MHz roaming next year. It's time to fight it. LTE roaming is generally a mess, with 38 different bands, which are used throughout the world, according to the GSM Association. It would be another move phones from the carrier, the carrier and the country, the increase in prices for each.

This purchase and the recent purchase of Verizon's Cable company spectrum, are completely different than AT & t sentenced to buy T-Mobile. Rather than releasing the competition, these guys are spectrum fight that nobody uses. If you are really cruel, you could say the potential , crushing his competitors, but it really looks like these companies were going to use it.

There is one big problem with the purchase of Wachovia Spectrum, but it has nothing to do with the purchase, itself. Verizon seems to agree effectively stop to compete in a home broadband connection, already extending their FiOS optical system to new markets. It may perhaps be more anti-competitive?

Back to the wireless network is a great alternative universe where regulatory FCC would require a band compatibility for roaming and maybe even a request to fallow the spectrum to new or smaller players, but we really don't live there. Just be glad I have stamped out the T-Mobile.

And what about T-Mobile, by the way?
All of these spectrum to capture T-Mobile in a difficult situation, of course, as the spectrum, which the company could otherwise use gets sucked through the larger players. (Sprint has plenty of spectrum, as long as it maintains control over Clearwire.)

The company, without options, but it is not. Begins with some spectrum as part of the AT & T breakup fee, "together with preferential roaming agreement. Can a partner or merge with dish network (which owns its own spectrum) or smaller carrier as U.S. Cellular. If the FCC requires some sales for Verizon to buy cable firm spectrum, these airwaves could be directed to the T-Mobile or smaller players.

I've heard that T-Mobile operates on HSPA + 84, a technology that is as fast as many LTE systems but works in its limited range. It could keep it going for a while.

Note also that for the year is a long time in wireless. Within a few years we could be more auctions, or a radical extension of the new "white space" wireless technology that could upend the current business models. T-Mobile may also have in the meantime, the new owner. This story is far from over; T-Mobile is far from lost.

The spectrum of the balancing Act
Everyone in the mobile industry agree that data hungry 4 G phones are will need more and more spectrum. So it is good to see that unused spectrum is not only to be sat on that, what it is to be handed over to the by companies such as Qualcomm, who do not use it, wireless carriers, who will be using to build a network of 4 G.

The trick is balancing the most efficient use of spectrum with the requirements for competitive wireless market in the nation. The most effective use, of course, would be for one of the giant carrier check all of the wireless spectrum, but that would lead to high prices and incentives to innovation.

Could lead to more competition in more control of the precious spectrum? Yeah, I guess. At least they should be more about roaming and interoperability requirements. But for now, things aren't so bad. Verizon and AT & t will use unused spectrum had just purchased. T-Mobile and Sprint have options. With T-Mobile/AT & t merger, the dead probably we'll have four national carriers. We'll have a happy holiday and enjoy our new Smartphone.

FCC approves Wachovia at $ 1.9b purchase Qualcomm spectrum

Federal Communications Commission did not look too kindly on Wachovia on offer for the purchase of T-Mobile, but the Agency has approved the acquisition yesterday at the Wachovia spectrum from Qualcomm with conditions.

The FCC Voiced concerns about the trade competitiveness.

"After the post-transaction, Wachovia would have a significant share of the available spectrum suitable for the provision of mobile voice and broadband services, in particular under the 1 GHz range, which has technical attributes that are important for other competitors to significantly expand their provision of mobile broadband services, or for new entrants to have a potentially significant impact on competition," said the Commission to your order.

As a result, the FCC imposed several conditions on the transaction, such as the requirement that Travelers to the new spectrum to stop rivals from the use of the spectrum of the neighbouring 700 MHz broadband services, and limits the ability of the company Qualcomm Wachovia Spectrum in a way which would deprive the opponents the advantages of the of the FCC rules is.

In a statement, Wachovia said it expects the conclusion of the transaction in the coming days.

"This spectrum will help Travelers continue to provide world-class mobile broadband experience to our customers," said Bob Quinn, Senior Vice President of federal regulatory issues at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, in a statement. "We, the Chairman of the FCC Commissioners and their staff for the completion of the review before the holidays."

In December 2010, , Qualcomm announced the , that sells its lower 700 MHz D block spectrum licences, and (e) on the AT & t for $ 1.925 billion. Qualcomm to use spectrum for its FLO TV mobile digital TV business last year announced the , but that will end in March 2011. AT & t plans to use the spectrum as a download for their 4 G networks through carrier aggregation technology.

"Spectrum is both the wireless industry, the US, we are very glad that the FCC does not reduce the range of the screen, however, continue to believe that any changes in the process, which is allocated should be open and transparent public debate and clear to everyone in order to ensure the health of our industry," said Quinn.

Reno has recently had a prickly relationship with the FCC. The Commission recently found that Wachovia had tried to purchase the T-Mobile would not be in the public interest and would result in massive layoffs. As a result, it recommended the agreement sent to the administrative law judge; the way to the FCC to reject. At the same time, the FCC also issued an evaluation report, which included a (redacted), his Office has received information about trade, prompting Travelers accuse the Commission that the biased and hypocritical.

Whereas the Ministry of Justice was also the action to block the merger of the T-Mobile, in the meantime, Travelers eventually decided to get rid of the agreement, with $ 4 billion charge in the process.

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