MEGA-MERGER: VERIZON TO BUY XO’S FIBER BIZ

Verizon is purchasing XO Communications’ fiber-optic network business in a roughly $1.8 billion deal that’s expected to close during the first half of 2017. The transaction would provide Verizon with access to XO’s fiber-based IP andEthernet networks, “helping to...

MOBILE Now: All the Spectrum We’ll Ever Need?

Mobile networks will be in good shape for spectrum for the foreseeable future if Senators John Thune (R, S. Dakota) and Bill Nelson (D, Florida) pass their MOBILE Now Act in anything close to its present draft form. The overall quantity of spectrum the bill seeks to...