AT&T wins...

[iliketomac]

Is this the 700Mhz band? More importantly, how will this impact the iPhone? Better service? 3G??

AT&T wins wireless spectrum license in a government airwave auction.

 

[sr5878]

yeah, i am so excited... i hope this major win on at&t's part finally enables the 3g on all current iphones

 

[hexonxonx]

yeah, i am so excited... i hope this major win on at&t's part finally enables the 3g on all current iphones

Well those of us with iPhones now, will have to buy new iPhones that are 3G capable. The current iPhones are not capable.

 

[rjohnstone]

The new band has nothing to do with enabling 3G.
It won't even be usable for another year or so as AT&T have no infrastructure in place to even utilize it.

Think 4G and/or WiMax.

 

[TEG]

Yes this is the 700MHz (UHF) bands, and is more likely for 4G wireless or LP-Digitial Video.

TEG

 

[sr5878]

Well those of us with iPhones now, will have to buy new iPhones that are 3G capable. The current iPhones are not capable.

durr, it was a joke

 

[southerndoc]

I still can't believe AT&T spent $6 billion and Verizon $9 billion on this.

If I understand it correctly, Verizon won the national licenses, but AT&T scooped up a bunch of regional licenses that coupled with its prior purchase of AWS would effectively give it coverage in 95% of the US.

 

[PoitNarf]

I still can't believe AT&T spent $6 billion and Verizon $9 billion on this.

Why not? Both companies stand to make up the cost with services that will utilize the newly released spectrum.

 

[samab]

The spectrum is still occupied by tv signals.

So current owners have to vacate the spectrum first. Then euqipment makers have to make cell tower equipments and phone chipsets that works on that spectrum. Then the carriers have to actually build the actual netowrk national wide.

By the time everything is done, Apple's contract with AT&T would probably be over.

 

[PoitNarf]

By the time everything is done, Apple's contract with AT&T would probably be over.

Most likely yes.

 

[benmrii]

By the time everything is done, Apple's contract with AT&T would probably be over.

... bonus.

 

[Pippen Man]

... bonus.

Give he a who-hah! for Two Times Tuesday!

 

[Michael CM1]

I still can't believe AT&T spent $6 billion and Verizon $9 billion on this.

If I understand it correctly, Verizon won the national licenses, but AT&T scooped up a bunch of regional licenses that coupled with its prior purchase of AWS would effectively give it coverage in 95% of the US.

So what you're saying is Hillary Clinton won a bunch of big states but Barack Obama won a bunch of small ones and has the overall popular vote and delegate lead?