AT&T 5G contract

Still, while AT&T spent big at the FCC auction, which also offered 37 GHz and 47 GHz licenses, Verizon remains the leader in terms of millimeter wave spectrum . Verizon already owned the vast majority of 28 GHz spectrum, and after the auction still maintained its significant lead over AT&T.

AT&T, Dish, and T-Mobile dropped billions of dollars in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction to acquire more 5G spectrum licenses in the midrange 3.45GHz to 3.55GHz band, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).15 Oca 2022

The firm found that AT&T and T-Mobile have recorded most of the gains in this spectrum—mainly thanks to T-Mobile’s acquisition of 700 MHz and 600 MHz licenses. Importantly, Comsearch also shows where these gains are happening. How much, who and where?

T-Mobile has been named the top 5G provider by numerous independent research sources, including Ookla and umlaut. The carrier has a rich cache of mid-band spectrum thanks to its 2020 acquisition of Sprint Corp.26 Oca 2022