In mid-2011, Google also engaged in advanced discussions to buy rights to the airwaves, or spectrum, owned by wireless operator Clearwire Corp.
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But Cablevision bought the satellite service, or spectrum, years ago, as it was trying to transform itself from a mere cable company into an entertainment conglomerate.
Network owners say that gives them less reason to upgrade their networks, content providers say many of those network owners rely on access to public rights of way or spectrum--making them subject to regulation.
It's like Franklin Field in 1961, or the Spectrum with Bobby Clarke's Flyers, or Game Four of the 2009 NLCS at Citizen's Bank Park.
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The President believes that whether you're on the left of the Democratic spectrum, or the right of the Democratic spectrum in the Senate, or concerned about health care in this country, that there is plenty to like in this legislation.
The case relates to the dubious manner in which telecom licences (or 2G spectrum) were granted in 2008 by the erstwhile telecoms minister A.Raja, since arrested on allegations of graft ( He has denied wrongdoing).
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Consultants and lawyers also may help craft business plans, determining, for instance, how particular licenses complement a firm's projects or other spectrum holdings, how much a particular slice of spectrum is worth and what an appropriate bidding strategy would be.
Stanton and Wolff are experienced deal guys who have been brought in to work on resolving the pricing issues and perhaps selling the company in its entirety or some of its spectrum to others or participating in a merger.
With spectrum so finite a resource, the only recourse carriers have is to lease, acquire or win auctioned spectrum (should the FCC seek to free more up).
So the near-term solution is for companies that need additional spectrum to acquire or merge with wireless providers that have spectrum.
As long as the FCC fails to inject major amounts of spectrum into the marketplace, or strongly hints that future spectrum could be off limits to carriers with specific spectrum portfolios, the agency leaves companies facing capacity shortages in the near term with no solution other than secondary market purchases or to raise retail prices.
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As with diamonds or gold, one can never have too many diamonds or too much spectrum.
The compulsion to lock up reselling arrangements to bolster spectrum or cable packages may provide a further opportunity outside of Sprint and be a further boost to Clearwire shares.
The cheapest way to increase capacity is to add more spectrum or to move a network to a lower frequency, which allows radio waves to penetrate walls more easily.
But my suspicion is that the main buyers so far have been 40-somethings who look back with nostalgia to their teenage years messing about with a BBC Micro or a ZX Spectrum.
Think of the congestion on many public roads, the rationing of broadband spectrum or the exorbitant prices of government issued taxi medallions (and therefore cab fares) in New York City.
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In its March 2010 National Broadband Report, the FCC recommended to Congress that the D Block be auctioned in 2011 unencumbered by requirements for pairing with the Public Safety spectrum or even cooperation with Public Safety.
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Ms. Moellering points to the influence of celebrities like Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus, who are photographed at one end of the spectrum or the other either dressed way down when trying to dodge the paparazzi, or all dolled up for the red carpet.
In addition, the FCC banned the resale of this spectrum to either Verizon or ATT to prevent Light Squared from just flipping the spectrum.
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Washington is contemplating new sales of up to 500 megahertz (MHz) of underutilized or government-owned spectrum.
Whether they are behind, even, or ahead on the spectrum, people like to know.
Main.net uses a related technology called direct sequence spread spectrum, or DSSS, to send its signals down the power line.
Telecom companies face particularly acute risks when dealing with governments in countries where they rely on state-owned infrastructure or state-awarded spectrum contracts for their business.
In striving to do what the voters want, the Third Way frees policymakers from the need to place every decision on a left-right spectrum, or inside any other fixed ideological scheme.
And we're also going to see at the other end of the spectrum one or two people at the top who are going to go on to be the most serious candidates.
Because of the size of his remaining holdings, he still will profit handsomely if there is a successful sale of either Clearwire or its very valuable spectrum position which is worth far more than the current value of the company.
It leaves Sprint and other industry independents or new entrants with few spectrum alternatives.
It should also reduce its desire or need to sell off spectrum when that is the real prize.
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