T-Mobile’s proposed spectrum swap with Verizon Wireless “is the best...
T-Mobile’s proposed spectrum swap with Verizon Wireless “is the best way to serve the public interest and benefit consumers,” T-Mobile Senior Vice President Tom Sugrue said on the company’s blog. “We will obtain more spectrum in key markets to compete…
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more effectively with Verizon and other carriers, and that competition in turn will help keep a check on pricing and promote innovation,” he said (http://xrl.us/bni5jx). “T-Mobile continues to believe the best way to alleviate the spectrum crisis would be to reallocate and auction those substantial blocks of spectrum held, but inefficiently used, by broadcasters, federal users, and others. When essential inputs are plentiful, companies can get down to the business of competing on the things that really matter to consumers, instead of competing for the scarce resources needed to provide services. In this intensively competitive environment, however, T-Mobile does not have the luxury of waiting for more commercial broadband spectrum to be brought to market or seeing how the regulatory process will play out. That is why we got together with Verizon and figured out a way to move the ball forward.” Sugrue noted that even the parties that have challenged the swap at the FCC acknowledge the public interest benefits. “Getting more spectrum into the hands of T-Mobile will be good for consumers in the long run, especially as we ramp back up in the marketplace to compete on an LTE platform,” he said. “In these days of scarce spectrum alternatives, T-Mobile has to fight for every megahertz it can get. The sooner these transactions are approved the better for all."