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AT&T eyes smaller rivals for spectrum, WSJ says

Well, that didn’t take long. AT&T appears ready to get back in the hunt for more spectrum, now eying smaller wireless rivals MetroPCS and Leap Wireless and satellite-TV provider Dish Network, according to The Wall Street Journal. The Dallas-based telecommunications giant is just two months removed from the collapse of its deal with T-Mobile USA, which would have given the …

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How politics inflame the ‘spectrum crisis’

Two years into a decade-long plan to free up wireless spectrum to handle an explosion in mobile data traffic growth, Washington politics are crippling the Federal Communications Commission’s ability to reach any of its goals. In March 2010, the FCC identified in its National Broadband Plan a dire need for more spectrum in the U.S. It outlined a timeline for …

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