700 MHz Auction Stirs Interest from Alltel and MetroPCS
Valuable Spectrum?
I have always believed that 850mhz was better than 1900mhz spectrum. If 700mhz penetrates even better than 850mhz (as I suspect) then this spectrum should not be cheap. I think the big boys will be in on this in all the major metropolitan areas. This could be a VERY lucrative auction for the government.
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i dont see at&t and vzw clamoring over 700mhz spectrum because they already have 850mhz spectrum. I do see t-mobile and sprint competing w/ metroPCS and other small companies. im excited about this 700mhz spectrum because it will increase coverage. the 1.9ghz only spectrum that tmobile and sprint turned me off from going to them. i cant wait to see how this plays out
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renardlee said:
i dont see at&t and vzw clamoring over 700mhz spectrum because they already have 850mhz spectrum. I do see t-mobile and sprint competing w/ metroPCS and other small companies. im excited about this 700mhz spectrum because it will increase coverage. the 1.9ghz only spectrum that tmobile and sprint turned me off from going to them. i cant wait to see how this plays out
Don't count out VZW on this auction. Just because they have plenty of 850mhz licenses doesn't mean they won't go after the 700mhz licenses. They'll want to use these licenses in both markets that already have 850mhz coverage, but add it to new markets, and to markets where they're PCS only. AT&T will likely put bids in fo...
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I think you point out some great things. However, I don't think that it will effect the metro areas at all. Aren't most metro areas on good 3g networks now? Wouldn't it help more in the extreme BF areas? I could be wrong.
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rmtp22 said:
I think you point out some great things. However, I don't think that it will effect the metro areas at all. Aren't most metro areas on good 3g networks now? Wouldn't it help more in the extreme BF areas? I could be wrong.
The major cities can do ok with PCS, but the rural areas would benefit the most with the 700 band, due to the wavelengths of the frequency traveling farther, plus penetrating most buildings better than PCS. But you can expect the 700 band being implemented in major cities too.
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I'll tell you who isn't happy about it: manufacturers who will have to add yet another frequency to handsets. I don't think they're looking forward to their customers demanding a quintband phone with quadband UMTS.
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The carriers that will be looking at this are the ones that didn't win out in the last auction. Sprint and T-Mo made out great at the last auction. Alltel didn't do much of anything so they will be buying a lot this time around.
VZW might also be a big bidder as it will help them with their mobile TV offerings since they aren't using their broadband network to do TV like Sprint.
AT&T probably won't even look at it because they already have things going pretty well and don't seem to have any broadband limitations right now.
I think that the carrier that ends up with 700Mhz is going to be the carrier that has the least amount of phones available because I don't think phone manufacturers have been testing the 700Mhz frequencies at a...
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VZW might also be a big bidder as it will help them with their mobile TV offerings since they aren't using their broadband network to do TV like Sprint.
AT&T probably won't even look at it because they already have things going pretty well and don't seem to have any broadband limitations right now.
I think that the carrier that ends up with 700Mhz is going to be the carrier that has the least amount of phones available because I don't think phone manufacturers have been testing the 700Mhz frequencies at a...
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I would think that 700mzh would simply be better than 1900mzh. I suppose the question is what are the logistics involved with replacing 1900mzh with 700mzh. Verizon does have some markets which use the 1900mzh band (old PrimeCo markets in the southeast)
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Jarahawk said:
I would think that 700mzh would simply be better than 1900mzh. I suppose the question is what are the logistics involved with replacing 1900mzh with 700mzh. Verizon does have some markets which use the 1900mzh band (old PrimeCo markets in the southeast)
I don't know how much data & voice calls can be handled on most of those 700mhz licenses, but already, the major markets can't handle all the voice calls and 1X data (CDMA only), GPRS & EDGE on 850mhz licenses. That's why you find AT&T & Verizon also adding PCS to the major markets, especially the top 10 markets. Verizon will definitely want some of 700mhz licenses, especially in areas where they are PCS only, like Wisconsin (especially i...
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While 700 MHz is fine for voice calls because the signal can generaly go further, the lower frequency makes it less suitable for high speed data than, say, 1900MHz. The reason that 1700MHz/2100MHz(US) and 1900MHz/2100MHz(europe) are used for UMTS is because of the need for higher possible data rates.
700MHz is most usefull in very rural markets where people are more concerned about just having service than they are high speed data.
700MHz is most usefull in very rural markets where people are more concerned about just having service than they are high speed data.
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