FCC Must Restrict Purchases of High-Frequency Spectrum, T-Mobile Says
The FCC should keep carriers from buying up licenses for all high-frequency spectrum it will make available, just as it imposes restrictions in other bands, T-Mobile said in a filing. But the company said the FCC need not add the…
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high-band spectrum in the current mobile broadband spectrum screen. T-Mobile reported on a meeting with staff from the Wireless Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology in a filing in docket 14-177. “The higher frequency and large bandwidth of the spectrum under consideration in this proceeding will provide greater capacity over a smaller cell compared to lower bands and warrants a screen to help ensure a competitive environment,” T-Mobile said. “However, given the relatively large amount of high-band spectrum under consideration, including millimeter wave spectrum in an overall mobile broadband screen will inappropriately skew aggregation metrics for lower bands, allowing licensees to aggregate a large amount of low- or mid-band spectrum without triggering a screen diluted by including over three gigahertz of high-band spectrum.” T-Mobile said it favors larger license sizes than the county-based licensing proposed by the FCC.