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said by jgkolt  :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!  |
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| said by n2jtx :said by jgkolt :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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1 edit | said by jgkolt :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. 
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