"In the press release, T-Mobile says that it will use its new 31 MHz of 600 MHz
spectrum licenses to help lay the foundation for a nationwide 5G network."
Well, perhaps the combination of "LTE" and "600 MHz spectrum" is a "foundation"
for a 5G network much like ATSC 3.0 broadcast is a foundation for interactive
service. Neither one being, respectively, either 5G or interactive. Let's give
them the benefit of the doubt, and say it's an "indirect foundation."
Clever hype consists of not telling the whole story, in the hopes that the
reader draws some exaggerated conclusion.
Bert
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http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/tmobile-activates-first-600-mhz-lte-network/281645
T-Mobile Activates First 600 MHz LTE Network
First network switched on in Cheyenne, Wyo.
August 16, 2017
By Michael Balderston
BELLEVUE, WASH.-T-Mobile has wasted little time in getting its first 600 MHz
LTE network up and running, announcing that it has lit up its first site in
Cheyenne, Wyo.
The new network is the result of the collection low-band spectrum it won in the
FCC's broadcast incentive auction, for which T-Mobile shelled out $8 billion,
the most of anyone. T-Mobile received its spectrum licenses just two months
ago, but in the official press release says it is aiming to create its new
"super-spectrum" in six months.
T-Mobile's stated goal is to build out LTE coverage in rural America and other
markets where the spectrum is clear of broadcasting. In addition to the
Cheyenne network site-which is utilizing Nokia equipment-T-Mobile has plans to
roll out additional 600 MHz sites in Wyoming, Northwest Oregon, West Texas,
Southwest Kansas, the Oklahoma panhandle, Western North Dakota, Maine, Coastal
North Carolina, Central Pennsylvania, Central Virginia and Eastern Washington.
With these deployments, T-Mobile estimates to increase total LTE coverage from
315 million Americans to 321 million by the end of the year.
T-Mobile's aggressive push to occupy its new spectrum has meant that low-power
TV stations are being moved off what was once theirs. However, T-Mobile has
worked with the FCC and PBS in helping to provide moving costs for displaced
stations and to preserve programming consumers care about.
In the press release, T-Mobile says that it will use its new 31 MHz of 600 MHz
spectrum licenses to help lay the foundation for a nationwide 5G network.
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