T-Mobile Starts Bidding Swinging For The Fences
Please explain and clarify about Spectrum...
Not to sound uneducated but can someone please clarify and explain in very basic terms for me what it means for T-Mobile and all of its customers that they get more spectrum??? Does this mean more towers?? Better signal strength?? I am one who cannot stand the fact that I travel in so many areas where I get no service or poor signal strength. Does it mean more technology options? Sorry to not seem clear but I just would like some clarification I am a little foggy on just EXACTLY what it means that T-Mobile get MORE SPECTRUM.
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Islander37 said:
Not to sound uneducated but can someone please clarify and explain in very basic terms for me what it means for T-Mobile and all of its customers that they get more spectrum??? Does this mean more towers?? Better signal strength?? I am one who cannot stand the fact that I travel in so many areas where I get no service or poor signal strength. Does it mean more technology options? Sorry to not seem clear but I just would like some clarification I am a little foggy on just EXACTLY what it means that T-Mobile get MORE SPECTRUM.
It doesn't necessarily mean more coverage, but it would add the necessary spectrum in key markets to launch high speed data services. Something Tmobile desperately nee...
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I believe the auction is for 1700 MHz mostly and a bit more 850 Mhz and 1900 MHz right?
If T-mobile gets more 850/1900, that means coverage expansion more than likely. If it gets any 1700 MHz, that will probably overlaid areas that already have GSM service, because 1700 will more than likely be 3G UMTS/HSDPA.
MORE SPECTRUM, basically means that they are getting licenses in areas to deploy radio waves. So say T-Mobile doesn't have service in Podunk, ID, it might be because they don't have the rights to any SPECTRUM there, so instead they rely on a roaming partner, Fred's Wireless, to get service there. If T-Mobile acquires spectrum in Podunk, they can ditch their roaming agreement and not pay the roaming fees to Fred's Wireless anymo...
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If T-mobile gets more 850/1900, that means coverage expansion more than likely. If it gets any 1700 MHz, that will probably overlaid areas that already have GSM service, because 1700 will more than likely be 3G UMTS/HSDPA.
MORE SPECTRUM, basically means that they are getting licenses in areas to deploy radio waves. So say T-Mobile doesn't have service in Podunk, ID, it might be because they don't have the rights to any SPECTRUM there, so instead they rely on a roaming partner, Fred's Wireless, to get service there. If T-Mobile acquires spectrum in Podunk, they can ditch their roaming agreement and not pay the roaming fees to Fred's Wireless anymo...
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Only spectrum in the 1700mhz and 2100mhz is being auctioned. T-mobile's voice coverage will not increase at all from this auction. They are acquiring this spectrum for 3G and 4G data services only. This also has nothing to do with upcoming UMA services.
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Just some tid bits taken from another website:
"The FCC’s Advanced Wireless Services (Auction 66) starts today, bringing in as much as $15 billion to the U.S. Treasury, says the AP. It is targeting "3G" (UMTS) cellular services using the paired 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz frequency bands.
UMTS-based Cingular and T-Moble might find the 5MHz wide channels of AWS a better match than Sprint and Verizon using EV-DO and 1.25 MHz channels. But other bidders including cable and satellite providers have put down earnest money for a shot at nationwide wireless service, providing real competition."
"The FCC’s Advanced Wireless Services (Auction 66) starts today, bringing in as much as $15 billion to the U.S. Treasury, says the AP. It is targeting "3G" (UMTS) cellular services using the paired 1710-1755 and 2110-2155 MHz frequency bands.
UMTS-based Cingular and T-Moble might find the 5MHz wide channels of AWS a better match than Sprint and Verizon using EV-DO and 1.25 MHz channels. But other bidders including cable and satellite providers have put down earnest money for a shot at nationwide wireless service, providing real competition."
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Spectrum is a way to enhance the portfolio, to enhance the coverage area of those areas, and to improve on the capacity. This will allow them to put more spectrums on the towers, which will enhance the capacity, and coverage and allow more services for voice and data. This spectrum will also allow T-Mobile to deliver on their 3g data network.
Spectrum in this industry is very good if you can use it, now if T-mobile wins a lot of spectrum, they have to maximize the efficiency by utilization this great asset by putting it on towers and is able to launch more data and voice services.
Spectrum in this industry is very good if you can use it, now if T-mobile wins a lot of spectrum, they have to maximize the efficiency by utilization this great asset by putting it on towers and is able to launch more data and voice services.
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nextel18 said:
Spectrum in this industry is very good if you can use it, now if T-mobile wins a lot of spectrum, they have to maximize the efficiency by utilization this great asset by putting it on towers and is able to launch more data and voice services.
Wha-huh?
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