FCC holding 700MHz spectrum auction July 19

By on Dec 15, 2010 at 9:02 PM
General December 15, 2010

The FCC today announced that it will hold an auction on July 19, 2011 for sixteen licenses in the 700MHz spectrum. The government agency has two licenses that operate in the 698-704MHz and 728-734MHz frequencies (Block A) along with fourteen licenses that operate in the 704-710MHz and 734-740MHz frequencies (Block B); all sixteen licenses have a 2 x 6MHz pairing and 12MHz of bandwidth. The 700MHz spectrum is currently what wireless providers AT&T and Verizon Wireless are using to build out their 4G, LTE networks in the United States. The proceeding has been designated with the name “Auction 92.”

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  • Ethan Bergstrom

    here we go again…

  • Tn7871

    Does this mean that AT&T/Verizon LTE phones will be interchangeable if unlocked?

    • jason6g

      from what i read before, verizons entire lte network will run on 700mhz. where as majority of at&t’s will run on a higher mhz, and only run 700mhz in select cities – most in the middle of nowhere. it would be a wonderful thing if one buys a phone like one buys a tv – and hooks it up to a service provider of their choice.

      it would also be nice if a company like mozilla entered into the wireless game – simply for their business practices and strive for perfection – unlike the current greed screw the customer ones we have to chose from now

  • Jml857

    The FCC needs to put a cap on what the carriers charge for data if they use this bandwidth for cell services…

    • Tn7871

      Watch out.. people here might start calling you a “communist” even though half of them have no idea what it means.

    • Petas

      So they spend millions for the license and they cannot charge for appropriate usage? The FCC has already stated it supports tiered data and pay per usage if net neutrality goes through.

  • Anonymous

    Hopefully T-Mobile bids on this spectrum. We don’t want everything to be about AT&T/Verizon.

  • Miltoda

    Not usable for LTE. Not enough bandwidth. You could fit in UMTS, but that’s about it.

  • Anonymous

    I wonder what the starting bid will be.

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