AT&T Explains General LTE Strategy in Filing at FCC
AT&T offered insights into its LTE buildout strategy in a letter filed at the FCC. AT&T said it decided to “unredact” information in a previous filing on various proposed spectrum transactions, including its buy of lower 700 MHz band licenses…
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in California from Club 42 (see 1506030033). AT&T “typically” launches LTE in a 5 x 5 MHz configuration where only a single 12 MHz block of lower 700 MHz B or C block spectrum is available, “and will launch LTE in a 10 x 10 MHz configuration in areas where both the Lower 700 MHz B and C Blocks are available,” AT&T said. Where lower 700 MHz spectrum is available and has been deployed for LTE, “AT&T will deploy AWS-1 spectrum to provide additional LTE capacity,” it said. “AT&T also has deployed LTE on cellular and PCS spectrum in a few places. Where Lower 700 MHz spectrum is not available, AT&T’s initial LTE deployments will use AWS-1 spectrum and/or other spectrum bands. This spectrum deployment strategy may vary in individual areas based on the spectrum holdings and other local variables.” AT&T made the filing Tuesday in a number of dockets, including 14-145.