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AWS auction spawns spectrum shuffle

Published Monday, January 01, 2007

Last year's auction of advanced wireless services, or AWS, spectrum (MRT, October 2006) has generated great enthusiasm on the part of commercial mobile phone carriers hoping to deploy third-generation services. To potential AWS licensees, the new 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum represents the additional capacity that is so desperately needed for high-speed wireless data services. However, for those mobile radio incumbents already using this spectrum for microwave backhaul applications, tough decisions lie ahead. The spectrum auctioned by the FCC comprises the 1710 MHz to 1755 MHz band, currently utilized by federal government organizations, and the 2110 MHz ...

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