Report: Sprint Gauging LTE
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But do they have 700mhz spectrum??? The whole world will be on the 700 band 3yrs from now. As far as I know, Sprint doesn't own any 700 licenses.
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Jayshmay said:
But do they have 700mhz spectrum??? The whole world will be on the 700 band 3yrs from now. As far as I know, Sprint doesn't own any 700 licenses.
LTE can be launched in any spectrum. Sprint doesn't need any 700 band spectrum for it. The only reason Verizon is launching it in 700, is because that's the only spectrum they have for the entire country that's gonna be 100% available. They'll have to wait a while before CDMA usage goes down before using 800 & 1900 bands for LTE.
T-Mobile will be using both their PCS & AWS bands for LTE, as well as Cricket & MetroPCS. So Sprint will be using their existing PCS spectrum to launch LTE. They're loaded with it in many markets, and just sitting ...
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Well I think that what they were trying to get at was that LTE phones will need to be many-banded. More than quad-band phones today. They'd been to be 700/800/900/1700/1800/1900/2100 compatible, not to mention the different 2100 bands in the world. Also, if you're going to add backwards compatibility with either GSM 3G or CDMA, that's even more chips.
It just seems much easier to try and get more companies to launch in a certain band.
It just seems much easier to try and get more companies to launch in a certain band.
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LTE can be launched in any spectrum. Sprint doesn't need any 700 band spectrum for it. The only reason Verizon is launching it in 700, is because that's the only spectrum they have for the entire country that's gonna be 100% available. They'll have to wait a while before CDMA usage goes down before using 800 & 1900 bands for LTE.
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LTE can be launched in any spectrum. Not True.
It's recommended for lower frequencies so it will reach through buildings better. Somewhere between 698Mhz-1100Mhz is recommended. WiMax is normally in the 2.2Mhz to 3.5Mhz area. There is a great book to read called Data Communications and computer networks that I'm using for a networking course. I highly recommend it
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Cellphonejocky said:
Verizon does have enough for the whole us except Alaska.
Let's not forget, they chose not to go after the Carribean either, which would have included Puerto Rico. I mainly focussed on the mainland, and they have 6 C blocks to cover the mainland, and a 7th C block for Hawaii. So they have 22mhz to work with on the mainland, with a additional 12-24mhz in major markets in the 700 band. Once they decide to use AWS, that's 20mhz for the eastern part of the US in the NE, Great Lakes, South, & The Mississippi Valley. They also have various A & B AWS blocks for Louisiana & Hawaii. So 700 & AWS will be the bands initially by Verizon & AT&T for LTE.
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dave73 said:
Let's not forget, they chose not to go after the Carribean either, which would have included Puerto Rico. I mainly focussed on the mainland, and they have 6 C blocks to cover the mainland, and a 7th C block for Hawaii. So they have 22mhz to work with on the mainland, with a additional 12-24mhz in major markets in the 700 band. Once they decide to use AWS, that's 20mhz for the eastern part of the US in the NE, Great Lakes, South, & The Mississippi Valley. They also have various A & B AWS blocks for Louisiana & Hawaii. So 700 & AWS will be the bands initially by Verizon & AT&T for LTE.
I think the interesting thing to point out is that Sprint and Clearwire own a huge amount of 2.5Ghz sp...
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Jayshmay said:
The whole world will be on the 700 band 3yrs from now.
No. Upper/Lower 700 MHz spectrum is US specific. The rest of the world will deploy LTE in a hodgepodge of new or recycled GSM 900 MHz, DCS 1800 MHz, UMTS 2100+1900 MHz, Cellular 850 MHz, PCS 1900 MHz, AWS 2100+1700 MHz, etc., spectrum.
Multi band "world" devices are here to stay.
AJ
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