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FCC wireless auction begins, TV stations look to sell parts of spectrum to help build 5G networks

The groundwork for 5G communications in the United States has begun. Or at least the carrier frequencies are beginning to be sold, thus allowing the infrastructure to be built. Recently, television stations have volunteered to sell off their 126MHz “beach front” wireless spectrum to mobile carriers in an ongoing U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction, potentially […]

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Wireless handset unlocking becomes illegal in U.S. without carrier permission

Well, here’s the thing that’ll drive you nuts today. Per Electronista and TechCrunch, phone unlocking without carrier permission is now illegal in the United States. A 90-day transition period, permitting the practice after an exemption added to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was reversed in October, has now run out. The expiration of the exemption […]

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Verizon COO states new iPhone announcement would arrive from Apple, not Verizon

Per the cool cats at Macworld, Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam commented made a recent comment at the CTIA conference in San Francisco that reports of a Verizon iPhone would be addressed by Apple, not Verizon. When asked to comment about a story from The Wall Street Journal that Apple will begin building a […]