T-Mobile Subsidiary to Transition 13 2.5 GHz Licenses
T-Mobile subsidiary Nextel West said it plans to transition 13 2.5 GHz licenses it bought from Central Texas Communications (CTC), which were still being used for video operations, to the wireless broadband use allowed by the FCC starting in 2004.…
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“Transition to the new band plan will allow for deployment of innovative and efficient communications technologies and services in the 2.5 GHz band,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 06-136. Before consummating the assignment, “CTC will discontinue the video operations that used the old channels under the terms” of an “opt-out waiver,” the filing said: “CTC was the only licensee in the area still licensed on the ‘old’ band plan.”