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The nation's largest wireless carriers dominated the Federal Communications Commission's latest 5G spectrum auction, pushing revenue to a record-shattering price tag of more than $81 billion. The FCC released the names and winning bids of the top five bidders for the auction on Wednesday. Verizon, which bid under the name Cellco Partnership, spent the most on the auction bidding a whopping $45 billion for 3,511 spectrum licenses. AT&T came in second bidding $23 billion for 1,621 licenses. T-Mobile had the third highest bid of $9 billion for 142 licenses. Cut through the chatter Subscribe to CNET's Mobile newsletter for the latest phone news and reviews. The so-called C-band spectrum, which includes 500 MHz of spectrum between 3.7 and 4.2 GHz, has been used by satellite providers to deliver video programming to cable providers. The FCC began auctioning off 280 MHz of the block of spectrum in December and ended Jan. 15.  About 200 MHz of the spectrum in this band has … [Read more...] about Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile dominate $81 billion 5G spectrum auction

Manchester United surprisingly slipped up at Palace, Liverpool’s loss versus Chelsea was surprising in that it wasn’t, and Manchester City is a finely-tuned machine. Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe are here to break down the midweek Premier League matches. [ VIDEO: Premier League highlights ] The gents discuss: Liverpool losing their 5th straight home match, this time at the hands of Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea (00:44) Manchester City looking unbeatable against Wolves (23:45) Manchester United dropping points in their draw with Crystal Palace (29:00) Leicester’s injuries taking their toll in the Foxes’ draw at Burnley (39:00) Tottenham getting a 1-0 win at Fulham, with Dele and Bale back in the starting XI (43:00). To listen to more lively conversations and passionate debate from Robbie Earle and Robbie Mustoe, subscribe to The 2 Robbies Podcast on NBC via Apple Podcasts or anywhere you listen to podcasts for automatic downloads. And you can follow them on … [Read more...] about 2 Robbies podcast: Chelsea wins at Anfield, Man City keeps dominating

Frenchwoman Perrine Laffont and Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury won the moguls at the freestyle skiing world championships, consolidating favorite status to repeat as Olympic gold medalists next year. Laffont, who in PyeongChang became the youngest Olympic freestyle skiing champion ever at 19, prevailed with an 82.11-point last run in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Monday. She beat defending world champion Yuliya Galysheva of Kazakhstan by 2.59 points. Russian Anastasiya Smirnova took bronze. The top American was Kai Owens in sixth. Laffont had the fastest super final run, earned the most air points and had the best turns of the field. She picked up the last major title missing from her resume, extending her win streak to 11 standard moguls competitions dating to the start of the 2019-20 season. Kingsbury, the record 65-time World Cup moguls winner with nine consecutive freestyle skiing World Cup overall titles, repeated as men’s world champion after coming back from fracturing the … [Read more...] about Perrine Laffont, Mikael Kingsbury add to dominance with moguls world titles

The Queen's Gambit was one of 2020's most talked about series, earning huge streaming numbers and rave reviews. And now the Netflix chess drama is heading to Broadway, courtesy of production company Level Forward. Level Forward has obtained the rights to the Walter Tevis novel the awards-winning show was based on and is now developing a musical adaptation of the Anya Taylor-Joy-fronted limited series. Music to my ears: The Queen's Gambit is being adapted into a musical by Level Forward production company, which just acquired the rights to the book the series is based off of The company has a history on hits on stage, previously working on Alanis Morrissette's musical Jagged Little Pill and Jeremy O'Harris' critically-acclaimed Slave Play. The Queen's Gambit can surely bank on a built-in audience, boasting the title of Netflix's most watched limited series in November 2020. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Producers Guild Awards … [Read more...] about The Queen’s Gambit is being adapted into a musical… as Netflix hit continues to dominate during awards season

Home Women Women oi-Lekhaka By Lekhaka on March 8, 2021 'A mother is always put on more of a guilt trip than men are,'' says Sania Mirza in the latest issue of Femina . The living embodiment of girl power in Indian sport, Sania Mirza has been making all the right moves from the moment she stepped onto the tennis court as a teen. Be it after injuries, marriage or motherhood, Sania has always made a smashing return to tennis. Acing the roles of wife, mother, and sporting icon to perfection, Sania shines in the February issue of Femina in a cover story that sees her smashing the patriarchy and encouraging mothers through her awe-inspiring journey. Having become a mother back in October 2018, the opportunity to make a comeback to the sport that made her a global icon was tough, but only a matter of time. Speaking about it, Sania shares, "The first step was losing around 23 kilos. Once that happened, I started to look at coming … [Read more...] about Sania Mirza Talks About Marriage, Motherhood And Matches In Latest Issue Of Femina