The FCC’s spectrum screen should be expanded to...
The FCC’s spectrum screen should be expanded to include all 2.5 GHz Broadband Radio Service and Educational Broadband Service spectrum, Verizon Wireless said in an ex parte letter filed Tuesday at the FCC. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse has stressed the…
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viability of the spectrum, on investor calls, Verizon said. “Sprint’s recent 4G LTE deployment announcements further emphasize that this spectrum not only is suitable and available for commercial mobile use, but that it is actually being used,” Verizon said. “On Sprint’s 3rd Quarter Earnings Call, Sprint’s CEO touted the benefits of the 2.5 GHz spectrum, emphasizing that Sprint ‘clearly ha[s] a strong spectrum position now with 120 megahertz of Clearwire spectrum in 90 percent of the top 100 markets’ in addition to the spectrum previously held directly by Sprint."