FCC says AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and US Cellular agreed to pay a total $2.5B+ for spectrum licenses in 24GHz-28GHz bands across the US for their 5G networks
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Verizon pays $614M FCC fine after closing its $3.1B acquisition of Straight Path; Straight Path's deal with FCC last year included remitting 20% of proceeds
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Verizon says it will put tax cut savings primarily toward boosting balance sheet, not increasing network upgrade spending
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Sources: government review of AT&T's $85B takeover of Time Warner has reached an advanced stage, as AT&T lawyers discuss merger conditions with the DoJ
AT&T, Google Fiber, Charter, Verizon and more Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : Trump's DOJ not trying to stop AT&T/Time Warner merger Kim Hart / Axios : AT&T reportedly in advanced talks with DOJ for Time...
FCC's 600MHz spectrum band auction results: T-Mobile will pay $7.99B for what it says is 31MHz of spectrum nationwide, Dish to pay $6.2B, Comcast to pay $1.7B
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Rdio to shut down its service, file for bankruptcy, with Pandora acquiring key assets for $75M in cash
then Apple, Google, and Microsoft showed up Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica : Rdio shutting down, and Pandora will buy its technology Shawn King / The Loop : Pandora acquires ‘key assets’ from Rdio, will l...
Comcast spent $336M on failed attempt to buy Time Warner Cable; TWC spent $219M
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After pricing dispute led Verizon to drop some packets of Cogent's customers, firms agree to long-term interconnection agreement benefiting FiOS, DSL customers
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Charter to buy cable operator Bright House for $10.4B contingent on approval of the Comcast-TWC merger; deal would make Charter the 2nd largest US cable company
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Comcast/TWC merger review to last until mid-2015 after months of delays
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