The deal covers 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses covering territory with 259 million people.
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Turns out the FCC is delaying the advanced wireless services (AWS) auction from June 29 to August 9.
McCaw is entering a crowded field for advanced wireless services.
And as we add the Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum, 700-MHz spectrum, LTE and UMB to the mix, I expect the Gobi chipset to keep up and provide for these new bands and capabilities, as well as full backward compatibility.
The break-up consideration due to Deutsche Telekom under the terminated Stock Purchase Agreement also included significant Advanced Wireless Services ("AWS") spectrum and a long term agreement on Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems ("UMTS") roaming within the USA. T-Mobile USA incurred transaction-related costs in 2011 that primarily reflect incremental personnel costs as a result of the formerly proposed deal.
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"Sprint is proud to provide advanced wireless network services that will allow ECOtality to monitor and manage their Blink Network, " said Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint.
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In his January 2011 State of the Union Address, President Obama announced a commitment to ensuring that at least 98% of all Americans had access to advanced 4G wireless services within five years.
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The auction covers 90 Megaherz of advanced wireless spectrum across the U.S., which can be used for carrying both voice and advanced data services like broadband wireless.
NextWave holds licenses in the Wireless Communication Services (WCS) and Advanced Wireless Service (AWS) bands.
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Cox Communications is a broadband communications and entertainment company, providing advanced digital video, Internet, telephone and wireless services over its own nationwide IP network.
The tablets were too bulky, too slow, too expensive, and wireless connectivity had not yet advanced to broadband Wi-Fi and wide-area network services.
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"Verizon Wireless continues to add more to VZ Navigator, and VZ Navigator VX now gives our customers some of the most advanced mapping and navigation services available today, " said Kristi Crum, director, Consumer Solutions for Verizon Wireless.
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