T-Mobile and MetroPCS have both filed petitions with the Federal Communications Commission to request that the agency force Dish Networks to give up about half of the spectrum holdings it owns. Dish owns 40MHz of spectrum licenses in the 2000-2020MHz and 2180-2200MHz bands that it is hoping to use for a terrestrial 4G LTE network. [...]
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Motorola won’t update devices to Android 4.0 ICS if it won’t improve them
May 21st, 2012
Last week, Motorola released an updated time-table for its smartphones and tablets that are due to get upgrades to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at some point in the future. While many of the devices on the list were the expected contenders, such as the DROID RAZR, DROID RAZR MAXX, and XYBOARD tablets, fairly recent [...]
Five major cable companies to share Wi-Fi hotspots with each other’s customers
May 21st, 2012
Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable have announced a new partnership that will allow customers from each company to use Wi-Fi hotspots provided by the other companies. The partnership will give cable customers access to over 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots that they can connect their mobile devices to across the country. [...]
Voyager Mobile shakes off hackers, launches MVNO service
May 21st, 2012
Over this past weekend, upstart MVNO Voyager Mobile was able to launch its service despite issues from earlier in the week that forced it to postpone its original planned launch. Voyager was due to launch last Tuesday, but an alleged hacking attempt took down the company’s website the day it was due to go live. [...]
Apple, Samsung set to meet today to discuss patent disputes
May 21st, 2012
Representatives from both Apple’s and Samsung’s legal teams are scheduled to meet today to discuss the patent disputes between the two companies. The court-directed meeting will also see Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung in attendance. Read the full story here. The rest is here: Apple, Samsung set to meet today to [...]

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