Generally, AT&T and Verizon . The C-band frequencies will become available in two chunks. The first 100MHz are now available in 46 major markets across the US, covering about 60% of the US population. Verizon and AT&T split those “A block” airwaves 60/40.
Read moreWho owns the most spectrum?
T-Mobile has the industry’s most complete spectrum portfolio, largely thanks to an abundance of mid-band licenses secured in its 2020 acquisition of Sprint. It focused on more in-demand licenses in the auction, spending an average of $66 million for its 142 licenses.
Read moreWho owns the most Mid-band spectrum?
As of March, Verizon owned 73% of 28 GHz spectrum , while AT&T had 36% of the 24 GHz spectrum, AllNet data shows. Carriers, and Verizon in particular, are still waiting on the upcoming C-band auction to get access to mid-band spectrum for broad coverage, but that will take time before it can be put into use.
Read moreWhat is the C-band spectrum?
According to wireless testing firm Rohde and Schwarz, the C-band is all frequencies between 4 and 8GHz . When US wireless geeks talk about C-band, though, they’re talking about 3.7 to 4.2GHz—and specifically, in this case, the range from 3.7 to 3.98GHz.
Read moreWho bought the most C-band?
As expected, Verizon spent the most: a whopping $45.5 billion for around 3,500 total licenses. … Table 1: The full results of the FCC’s C-band spectrum auction. CompanyBidding entityNet PaymentAT&TAT&T Spectrum Frontiers LLC$23,406,860,839Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile: Here are the C-band auction results www.lightreading.com › d-id
Read moreWhen did Verizon buy C-band?
“This past week has been one of the best since I joined Verizon,” said the CEO, who joined Verizon in 2017. He was referring to the January 19 launch of Verizon’s Ultra Wideband 5G service using C-band spectrum, which it acquired in a public auction last year for more than $45 billion.
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