Who owns the wireless spectrum?

The winning bidders in a record-breaking auction of licenses for wireless spectrum were revealed on Wednesday, and Verizon Communications took the lion’s share. Telecom companies bid a combined $81 billion on frequencies in the so-called C-Band that will be particularly useful for their next-generation 5G networks.24 Şub 2021

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Who controls 5G?

Verizon is deploying C-Band spectrum more quickly than AT&T. Its so-called 5G Ultra Wideband network will cover 100 million people in more than 1,700 cities by the end of January, using C-Band and mmWave spectrum. It also has large spectrum holdings in the second C-Band tranche that will become available in late 2023.

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