T-Mobile, for example, uses 600 MHz, 2.5 GHz and 39 GHz for 5G, and when the second tranche of C-band becomes available in 2023, it will have an average 40 MHz of C-band at its disposal . And it just picked up 3.45 GHz spectrum in the FCC’s most recent auction for 5G services, where it spent nearly $3 billion.
Read moreWhat’s 5G C-band?
What’s new with 5G is C-band spectrum, which includes radio waves previously used with those gigantic dishes people used to have in their yard for satellite TV . The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) cleared and auctioned off this spectrum for use as 5G cellular service last year.
Read moreWhat is C-band deployment?
C-band spectrum provides a valuable middle ground between capacity and coverage for 5G networks, and will enable 5G Ultra Wideband speeds and coverage for both mobility, home broadband and business internet solutions .19 Nis 2021
Read moreWho owns the C-band?
Verizon acquired the largest number of C-band licenses , at a cost of about $45.5 billion, and AT&T bought the second most, for $23.4 billion.
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