Verizon Wireless signed its first official 700 MHz...
Verizon Wireless signed its first official 700 MHz spectrum license sale agreement -- the carrier’s license on the Texas RSA 6-Jack 700 MHz lower B-block to Muenster, Texas-based Nortex Communications. The license covers a four-county area northwest of Dallas, Verizon…
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Wireless said Wednesday in a news release. The Nortex sale is the first as part of Verizon Wireless’s announced process to sell off its spectrum licenses on the lower 700 MHz A and B blocks, although the carrier noted it had previously sold 24 700 MHz licenses outside of that process. The official sale proceeded after the FCC approved a series of Verizon Wireless purchases of AWS spectrum in August (CD Aug 24 p1). Verizon said it’s evaluating bids for its remaining 700 MHz licenses, although some will be going to 20 rural operators through its “LTE in Rural America” program (http://xrl.us/bnzn32).