Articles tagged with: North Carolina and Radio Spectrum

Dem. President. Candidate Edwards Enters Spectrum Debate Fray

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards has waded into the debate over radio spectrum policy, urging the Federal Communications Commission to structure the rules for an upcoming auction so that smaller companies can participate. more

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Cingular confirms move to GSM and EDGE

As reported here yesterday, Cingular Wireless has confirmed that it will be switching its network technology, providing initially a GPRS/GSM overlay on its existing TDMA and analogue network, then proceeding to EDGE. The company also confirmed that it will not need any additional radio spectrum to roll out the EDGE service, but did not rule out the need for extra spectrum in the future when demand rises, probably in about five years time. The company did not rule out a future migration to WCDMA, subject to the spectrum being made available in the future. more

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