Lower 700 MHz Band Now Fully Interoperable, AT&T Tells FCC
“The FCC goal of promoting interoperability in the Lower 700 MHz spectrum has been met,” AT&T said in a required report to the agency. In 2013, AT&T and smaller carriers reached a settlement on interoperability in the lower 700 MHz…
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band, an ongoing concern since the 700 MHz auction (see 1309110036). The agreement came under pressure from Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, then acting chairwoman. “In the intervening year since the Fourth Progress Report, there is near universal availability of Band 12 devices for smaller carriers and a plethora of new devices have been introduced,” AT&T said in a fifth progress report. “Carriers have continued to rollout Voice over LTE service on 700 MHz A-Block Spectrum.” The filing was posted in docket 12-69.