AT&T said Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum, much...
AT&T said Educational Broadband Service (EBS) spectrum, much of which is owned by Sprint, should be added to the FCC spectrum screen. In an ex parte description of a meeting with the Wireless Bureau, AT&T said, “Sprint is currently using…
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its EBS spectrum to provide its highly touted ‘Sprint Spark’ mobile broadband service,” (http://bit.ly/1oq48rU). “Sprint’s Chairman Masayoshi Son recently told the Chamber of Commerce that Sprint has got the technology to provide 200 Mbps over its 2.5 GHz spectrum, and using 8x8 MIMO [multiple-input and multiple-output] antennas can propagate for longer distances. Spectrum that is actually being used for mobile broadband services is obviously ’suitable’ and ‘available’ and thus should be included in the screen.” The FCC should ignore Sprint arguments that the EBS spectrum is “impaired,” AT&T said. “Virtually all spectrum is impaired in some way, yet it is fully included in the screen.” Son last month told the Chamber Sprint LTE could reach 200 Mbps if the carrier gained more infrastructure through acquisitions (CD March 12 p1).