Spectrum Summary - June 15, 2018 June 15, 2018 12:18

FCC Transactions - June 13, 2018

In this weeks' FCC transactions, T-Mobile and Central Texas Telephone exchange AWS1 licenses in San Angelo, TX and T-Mobile acquires 6 counties of 700MHz - A block spectrum between the San Antonio and San Angelo, TX markets. This further expands the potential service area for T-Mobile's LTE+ service. Sprint is acquiring PCS and 700MHz licenses in Puerto Rico from PRWireless (Open Mobile). It is interesting to note that Sprint will now control a license for the 700MHz - Upper C block (Verizon's block). The remaining transactions are new leases for Sprint covering Idaho, Nebraska, and Illinois. All of these are new leases, not previously under another carriers control, except the Nebraska lease which was previous held by Xanadoo which has been immersed in a bankruptcy process.