Qualcomm Wants To Sell Test License
Qualcomm told the FCC in response to a question from the agency that the single 700 MHz B-block license it hopes to sell to AT&T (see 1604180067) was purchased to help the company “research, design, and test innovative mobile broadband…
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technologies.” The reason Qualcomm now wants to sell the license was redacted from the filing. Qualcomm said it paid $1.87 million for the license in the 2008 700 MHz auction. The license area is adjacent to the headquarters of its research and development team in Bridgewater, New Jersey, Qualcomm said. The filing was posted in docket 16-75. AT&T also filed a response to questions from the FCC on the transaction. “AT&T’s LTE deployment strategy centers around the Lower 700 MHz band, and AT&T has made deployment of LTE in 700 MHz spectrum a key priority,” the carrier said. AT&T said it has on its own enough 700 MHz spectrum in the market to provide a 5x5 LTE channel but is using the Qualcomm license on a leased basis to provide 10x10 coverage. “The benefits of such a deployment are considerable, and represent a major improvement in speed and efficiency over a 5x5 MHz LTE carrier,” AT&T said.