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Verizon: Capacity crunch coming to big cities next year

Verizon Communications, in justifying its planned acquisition of spectrum from the major cable providers, said today its wireless arm could suffer from a capacity shortage in its bigger cities as early as next year. “We will need this spectrum in a number of significant markets by 2013, so there is no time to lose in making this spectrum available,” said …

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FCC paves the way for a Dish 4G LTE network

The FCC kicked off a process that should eventually allow Dish Network to use its satellite spectrum to build a 4G LTE wireless broadband network. At its March opening meeting, the FCC voted unanimously to begin a rulemaking process aimed at letting Dish use spectrum designated for satellite use to provide a land-based wireless broadband service. Draft regulations described the …

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