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T-Mobile has recently filed a plan (by way of an ex parte filing) with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in order to roll out its fast 600 MegaHertz airwaves for wireless broadband. The third biggest wireless carrier in the United States is looking to cover more than a million square miles of America with 600 MegaHertz service by the start of 2018.
Some may remember that back in April earlier this year, the FCC had revealed that T-Mobile was the biggest winner in its most recent incentive spectrum auction. The major US wireless carrier had committed an amount of $8 billion in order to acquire airwaves that are specifically concentrated in hundreds of thousands of square miles of rural locations and remote areas in America, where consumers often do not have reliable or consistent access to mobile broadband networks. With its 600 MegaHertz roll out, T-Mobile is targeting to expand and boost its coverage, especially in underserved markets in the states of Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming.
Nearly a couple of months ago, T-Mobile had stated that it has already begun working on the groundwork for its 600 MegaHertz roll outs, but the availability of the airwaves may depend on how fast or how smooth the broadcast transition is. The broadcasters that joined the auction are in the process of shifting their operations into a different frequency band or channel share, while those that did not participate can now expect their airwaves to be transitioned into other bands in order to protect their signals from getting interfered by neighboring broadband services. For the FCC, it will now have to deal with the challenge of reauthorizing and relicensing TV broadcasters, and it only has a window of three years and three months to make it happen. And it is worth remembering that the broadcasters themselves have their own obligations with regards to the transition as well. And quite possibly, they might have to deal with a hold up because their initial cost projections for the transition has surpassed the amount funded by the US Congress (going over budget by an estimated $389 million).
In its ex parte filing with the FCC, T-Mobile has stated that it is already collaborating with these broadcasters in order to ensure that the 600 MegaHertz broadcast transition will be finished on time. The mobile operator also said that it is willing to invest in broadcast equipment manufacturing capacity, installation resources, assistance for low power TV channels, and lastly, support for TV translator licenses just to help get the broadcast transition done.
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