Sprint Provides Details on Spectrum Swap with U.S. Cellular
Sprint’s proposed spectrum swap with U.S. Cellular (USCC) (see 1607070042) helps Sprint address a requirement of the April order approving the Sprint/Shentel/nTelos transaction, Sprint said in a filing at the FCC. Among the order's requirements was that Sprint sell off…
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20 MHz of AWS-1 spectrum in various markets in Virginia (see 1604150046). “In anticipation of this voluntary commitment, Sprint negotiated with USCC for a mutually beneficial spectrum exchange so that USCC would obtain the 20 MHz of AWS-1 spectrum in markets it desired in exchange for Sprint receiving mid-band spectrum in other markets. The parties sought to exchange sufficient spectrum of comparable value such that no additional cash consideration from either Applicant would be necessary.” Sprint said the trade will give it PCS spectrum in Michigan, Kansas and Illinois comparable to what it's giving up in Virginia. That new spectrum will help it deploy 4G LTE service in the markets covered and “rationalize/eliminate … less usable spectrum ‘fragments’ or ‘stranded’ channels,” Sprint said in the filing in docket 16-179.