T-Mobile Wants High-Frequency Spectrum, to Share Use of 3.5 GHz Band, CTO Says
T-Mobile needs more high-frequency spectrum for 5G and also is interested in the 3.5 GHz band, Chief Technology Officer Neville Ray said near the end of a lengthy earnings call (see 1707190055) Wednesday. “Industry needs more millimeter wave spectrum for…
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urban hot spot-like deployment,” Ray said. “We have some, we would like to see more and will push on the regulatory front to make sure that that happens.” Ray also said T-Mobile is very interested in the 3.5 GHz shared band. Last month, T-Mobile went further than its peers in seeking changes to the rules for the band (see 1706200081). “If you want to talk about where is the most formative block of spectrum emerging globally for 5G, it’s in the 3.5 GHz to kind of 4 GHz range,” he said. Ray said the carrier is looking for spectrum blocks of at least 40 MHz and “ideally” 60 MHz.