FCC Indecisive on 700MHz
The FCC voted this week to sell slices of 700 MHz spectrum in a mix of geographic sizes, including multistate parcels sought by carriers such as AT&T.
The FCC voted this week to sell slices of 700 MHz spectrum in a mix of geographic sizes, including multistate parcels sought by carriers such as AT&T.
Verizon Wireless, bidding $9.4 billion, has been awarded the lion’s share of the 22 MHz “C” block in the government’s 700 MHz auction.
Verizon Wireless will finish its LTE deployment by the middle of 2013, reports Fierce Wireless.
The Federal Communications Commission is poised to approve the agency’s network neutrality principles tomorrow, Oct. 22, 2009.
AT&T plans to begin deployment of HSPA 7.2 in six major U.S. cities this year, including Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Miami, with initial service availability expected in these markets by the end of the year.
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