T-Mobile in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19698706 en Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:20:05 EDT Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:20:05 EDT Re: T-Mobile http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19704520 KA3SGM :
said by jgkolt See Profile :

call me a noob but can you explain your use of AWS I always assumed aws was at&t wireless
A more recently auctioned wireless spectrum block, that boarders the upper and lower ends of the PCS 'Personal Communications Service" band

AWS- 'Advanced Wireless Services'

Link to FCC AWS band plan: »wireless.fcc.gov/services/aws/da···plan.pdf

Another link to an explanation of what that auction means for T-Mobile and others, T-Mobile won $4.1 Billion in AWS spectrum licenses covering just about every square inch of the US giving them a substantial amount of spectrum for 3G, 4G, and beyond.

Link: »a.engadgetmobile.com/2006/09/18/···-rounds/

The problem presented with the AWS spectrum is that it is still in use by the US Government, and must be vacated before Auction winners can move in to use it.

They bought the car already, but the Government is still holding the keys to it. :uhh:

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said by n2jtx See Profile :

said by jgkolt See Profile :

what tmobile needs ot do is deploy lte instead of thier current 3g offering to come
Considering the 2010 timeframe for LTE and the amount of time it appears it is going to take to free up their AWS spectrum, you are probably right! ;-)
AWS, just more irresponsible FCC auctioning off of spectrum that is still in use by other licensed services that must be forced to vacate those frequencies before the new auction 'winners' can actually plan to use it.

More of the same game they played in the mid 90's with the first PCS spectrum auctions, they made winning bidders front the money for the spectrum, but sat on the licenses for almost 2 years as half of the auction 'winners' went belly up in interest payments on spectrum that they couldn't even use yet.
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"Lithium is no longer available on credit"]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19701693 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:27:19 EDT Re: T-Mobile http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19699546 n2jtx :
said by jgkolt See Profile :

what tmobile needs ot do is deploy lte instead of thier current 3g offering to come
Considering the 2010 timeframe for LTE and the amount of time it appears it is going to take to free up their AWS spectrum, you are probably right! ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19699546 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:36:53 EDT Re: T-Mobile http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19699022 jgkolt : what tmobile needs ot do is deploy lte instead of thier current 3g offering to come
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