AT&T/T-Mobile Propose Swap of Spectrum Licenses in 21 States
The FCC set a pleading cycle on a proposed series of spectrum swaps between AT&T and T-Mobile. The licenses are in the AWS-1, AWS-3 and PCS bands and cover parts of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,…
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Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia, the FCC said. The carriers will swap only spectrum, not customers, said a Friday public notice in docket 17-20. “Applicants claim that the proposed assignments would allow the service providers to make more efficient use of their spectrum by providing materially larger blocks of contiguous spectrum in the PCS and AWS bands,” the FCC said. “In the other markets that are the subject of an inter-market exchange or an intra-market exchange where one service provider is acquiring more spectrum than it is assigning, the Applicants assert the assignments will augment the spectrum holdings of the assignees, expanding capacity and thereby benefiting consumers.” Petitions to deny are due Feb. 3, oppositions Feb. 10, replies Feb. 17.