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posted by n1 on Sunday June 18 2017, @09:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the beyond-the-urban-core dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

Yesterday, the FCC officially granted the 600 MHz spectrum licenses that T-Mobile successfully secured in the recent broadcast incentive auction. The Un-carrier now officially possesses a staggering average of 31 MHz of 600 MHz spectrum licenses across the nation, more than quadrupling its low-band holdings (click for spectrum auction reactions from Verizon and AT&T).

With the spectrum transfer complete, the real fun begins. Despite the cries from skeptics, T-Mobile has already kicked off deployment activities and will see the first sites ready for testing this summer! This timeline - well ahead of expectations – sets the stage for commercial operations later this year.

The source is a bit of a soyvertisement but still interesting if read in that light.

Source: https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/t-mobiles-new-600-mhz-network-rollout-begins-this-summer.htm


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  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Monday June 19 2017, @06:25PM

    by richtopia (3160) on Monday June 19 2017, @06:25PM (#528071) Homepage Journal

    I glanced through T-mobile's press release and it looks like this is a 5G network. Does anyone know of the technology or if this new spectrum will be used for anything more reminiscent of older generations?

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