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In an earlier post, I discussed the ability for Sprint to utilize the Mid-Band Segment of their 2.5GHz spectrum band for LTE. Previously, I had compiled from FCC filings, the BTA markets where video (the original service licensed in the 2.5 GHz band) is still operating. Since the April 2016 post, Allnet Insights' has investigated below the BTA market level to determine the specific licenses that are still broadcasting video. This can be seen in Allnet Insights' Web Spectrum Viewer, in the Spectrum Grid menu.
In the Web Spectrum Viewer, we use the MVU code instead of a typical carrier code (e.g. VZW, SPR, TMO, or ATT) to designate the licenses that are still broadcasting video. In the Los Angeles CMA market, video is operating on all of the mid-band channels (A4, B4, C4, D4, F4, and E4) for both Los Angeles county, and Orange county. Sprint can utilize the entire MBS for LTE in the Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Los Angeles CMA:
In the Chicago CMA the G4 channel is used in all 6 counties and the E4 channel is used for video in 3 counties.
Chicago CMA:
In the New York CMA, the D4 channel and G4 channel are available for LTE deployment across all but one county in the New York CMA, but the other channels are largely unavailable in the New York CMA.
New York CMA:
What is important to Sprint is the size of the LTE channel or channels that they can create using the Mid-band channels. Using the data from Allnet Insights' Spectrum Grid, we total the number of contiguous channels, rounding to the 3GPP LTE channel sizes of 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz. The map below displays the total MHz of the LTE channels that Sprint can create in the Mid-band for each county.
