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Verizon Makes Offering To Smooth Spectrum Deal

Apr 18, 2012, 10:23 AM by Rich Brome
updated Apr 18, 2012, 10:24 AM

Verizon Wireless today offered to sell some of its unused 700 MHz licenses to other carriers. The proposed sale is contingent on the completion of Verizon's pending purchase of 1700 MHz (AWS band) licenses from SpectrumCo (which is partly owned by Comcast and Time Warner Cable), Cox and Leap Wireless. The SpectrumCo deal, in particular, has come under scrutiny from the Department of Justice and Senate, and is opposed by T-Mobile. Verizon's move today is almost certainly intended to help ease antitrust concerns and improve the odds of the DoJ approving the SpectrumCo deal. The 700 MHz licenses Verizon is willing to sell are A- and B-block licenses in a scattered assortment of places, including large cities such as LA, Chicago, Miami, and many more, although each covers a relatively small geographic area. Verizon's current 4G LTE network is deployed in the 700 MHz upper-C block, which Verizon owns exclusively, nationwide. If Verizon is able to complete these pending deals, it plans to deploy 4G LTE in the AWS band. Verizon already owns AWS licenses covering the east half of the country; it needs the additional AWS licenses in order to cover the west half.

source: Verizon Wireless

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MarryTheNight

Apr 18, 2012, 8:44 PM

Maybe good for T-Mo???

Those licenses cover major markets. NYC, Philly, DC, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Miami, Memphis, Dallas/Ft Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Kansas City, Denver, LA, San Diego, San Francsico, etc

MrGuder

MarryTheNight said:
Those licenses cover major markets. NYC, Philly, DC, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando, Miami, Memphis, Dallas/Ft Worth, Austin, Houston, San

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Jarahawk

Apr 18, 2012, 4:51 PM

No Dice Big Red

Go ahead and use that unused 700mHz spectrum. You will be denied that AWS spectrum purchase. Try again.

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