[opendtv] Re: AT&T and Verizon Plans for the 700 MHz spectrum
- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 19:15:48 -0800
The players in this auction still have a lot of bargaining and moping up to
do before what their real intentions are can be deduced IMO. That is if they
know themselves what they will do.
Reporters want them to say something so they do.
Bob Miller
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <
albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
> > Good articles, but it looks like Bert got a bit confused in
> > reporting what they say...
>
> That's certainly a possibility, although the AT&T article is ambiguous.
> You seem to have missed the ambuguity.
>
> > AT&T plans fast 4G wireless rollout
> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GW53B4ZA
> N3QNAQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=207001915<http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GW53B4ZAN3QNAQSNDLSCKHA?articleID=207001915>
>
> Read down to the bottom of the article. There, you will find:
>
> "AT&T said it expects to deliver AT&T 3G services to nearly 350 major
> U.S. markets by the end of the year."
>
> Now, here are the possibilties:
>
> 1. That comment contains a typo.
>
> 2. That comment is completely irrelevant to the rest of the article.
>
> 3. They are indeed using the new spectrum to expand 3G service, but
> doing 3G on an LTE infrastructure rather than wideband CDMA.
>
> All of those are possibilities. There is nothing in principle to prevent
> building a 3G system on LTE, and there's nothing in the article that
> describes a 4G service from AT&T. Meaning, packet switched entirely, not
> cuircuit-based.
>
> Then again, it is equally likely that this was a typo or that the
> journalist got confused.
>
> In any event, it appears that this 700 MHz spectrum is in fact going to
> be used to expand on cell phone services, rather than something
> unrelated.
>
> Bert
>
>
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