Here’s the interesting thing with Verizon: what will probably be somewhat concerning from a customer perspective is that there’ll be a different user experience depending upon what you’re able to access in terms of their network resources. Otherwise, it’ll have an inferior offering and be at tremendous risk, at least in terms of wireless, losing the benchmarking speed wars, and the eventual advertising blitz.Īny thoughts on the use cases for Verizon’s C-band spectrum and how that might change competition?
There’s also a shark in the water, which in this case is T-Mobile. It walked away with only 60 to 80 megahertz of spectrum, compared with the 140 to 160 megs by Verizon (in major markets). What are your thoughts on the company’s use of C-band spectrum and how important might the deployment timeline be for it in terms of its competitive positioning in the market?ĪT&T did well, but the reality is that it’s rock, paper, scissors here. The company said it’ll likely use it to further compete in their mobile offerings. There were hopes on certain other auction participants that they would enter the marketplace, but this auction did not allow it because of the high price points.ĪT&T spent more than $23 billion at the C-band auction. Overall, it turned into an auction of the have and have-nots. It’s just not physically possible by the asset allocation aspects of how this equation works. There’s no way the others can even be on the same playing field until 2025. To break it down: 160 megahertz of the 280 megahertz went to Verizon, 80 megahertz went to AT&T, and 40 megahertz of spectrum went to T-Mobile (in the major markets). Verizon sent the message that it’s not giving up its leadership position in the U.S. Looking at the auction results, you have a situation where Verizon pretty much matched the footprint or depth of spectrum that T-Mobile has in the new mid-band. Until 2016, and the 600-megahertz band allocation, low-band spectrum was pretty much controlled by Verizon and AT&T with around 85% of the MHz-pop in their hands and allowing for dominance. Low-band frequencies allowed for a better user experience, but they’re referred to as the bands of last resort. It was no doubt that the mid-bands, PCS, and AWS, were the old workhorses. It wasn’t until 2016 that the prior band of choice was the low-band frequencies. How did the results of the C-band auction change the competitive picture among some of the wireless operators? But the density of the network is such that, especially for suburban and urban areas, C-band as well as the EBS/BRS bands are the ones to have. So low band will still have its place, especially for in-building and rural coverage.
#T mobile join together windows#
We’ve been trained that if we have coverage issues to move toward windows when we’re in high-rises to mitigate the propagation loss or lack of that exists as you move farther into buildings. The propagation characteristics get worse as you move higher, so C-band spectrum won’t give you the same type of in-building coverage that low-band frequencies still provide today. The in-building coverage is the largest Achilles’ heel. The 2.3 gigahertz to the 6 gigahertz band’s ability to implement a massive MIMO (multiple-input, multiple-output) as well as get a maximum coverage makes the span one of two or three must-have bands in terms of 5G deployments.Īre there any disadvantages in using the C-band spectrum as we move forward into the 5G life cycle? C-band spectrum is well-suited for 5G and high-broadband services. The other players did not have what they refer to as the new mid-band spectrum. That allowed T-Mobile to get its hands on the EBS/BRS band. The industry overall is in a unique place with the acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile.
#T mobile join together full#
Below are a few select excerpts from the full teleconference.Ĭan you give us a better understanding of why C-band spectrum is so critical to the industry? To get a better sense of the mobile landscape after the spectrum auction, Evan Moore of GLG’s Tech, Media, and Telecom team spoke with Steve Stravitz, Principal at Spectrum Management Consulting. While Verizon and AT&T won the largest number of licenses in the record-breaking auction, T-Mobile made a large dent and could be a major competitor going forward with its acquisition of Sprint. In February, the Federal Communications Commission auctioned off licenses for C-band spectrum, which will play an instrumental role in the deployment of 5G in the U.S.
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