T-Mobile doubles its LTE spectrum with MetroPCS acquisition

The LTE wars are about to get rather interesting again. In order to adapt to the growing popularity and need for LTE services, T-Mobile has quietly activated a faster service in North Dallas, utilizing an additional spectrum that it got its hands on through its MetroPCS acquisition.

US mobile carriers are stepping up their game as more and more people use their mobile devices for accessing large amounts of data. Verizon, after admitting the congestion of its current LTE network, has turned on its new 4G LTE network in a limited number of cities across the country. Verizon aims for download speeds of up to 80 Mbps by utilizing a 40 MHz spectrum it acquired via its Advanced Wireless Services acquisition. AT&T is also in the process of upgrading its LTE speeds through a series of smaller adjustments involving small and macro cells and distributed antenna systems.

Naturally, T-Mobile won’t be taking things sitting down. It is also boosting its LTE speeds but via a different route. Using spectrum acquired from MetroPCS, T-Mobile is working on what it calls 20-by-20 service, which doubles the 20 MHz spectrum currently in use by LTE networks. T-Mobile network vice president Grant Castle reveals that the company has been working on this project for quite a while. However, it is expected to only start rolling out this improved network by next year. On the other hand, its 10-by-10 LTE service should soon be going out to 40 of the top 50 markets in the country before the year’s end.

Castle boasts that its approach is special in that it doesn’t require new kinds of hardware to take advantage of the increased speed. The 20-by-20 service will work with any LTE-capable device, unlike Verizon’s AWS-based network which, at the moment, only has very limited hardware compatibility.

VIA: AllThingsD

According to reports, three paid EE no 1800MHz spectrum for LTE

The latest chapter in the story of UK LTE frequencies "sales" is a fascinating, ee to compete with carrier three. Even before the recent spectrum auctions started, EE was advised to sell a chunk of the existing frequencies, 1800MHz-uses 4 G LTE services--the regulators. Three recent to suggest this, but picked up, it is perhaps the final offer price.

The Guardian, according to the report, three pay a total of £ 0 a chunk of the spectrum. Thats right. Nothing, zero, nada. Because the value will give the £ 450million area, this all seems very strange. Other airlines is the other of the spectrum to launch their own LTE services so why EE just give it away?

EE, the safest bet was reportedly decided to abandon the offers by Vodafone and O2 in the UK, the smallest and donate to the network. Although probably the best contract deals in the UK, three of the clientele is about 10million as compared to the Työnanta-27million.

Much was also supposedly help tip of the spectrum in the auction on behalf of EE, so they have a better chance of picking up a good part of the valuable 800 MHz spectrum. It turned out to be a EE and three was born in a small piece of the 800 MHz band and, if all this is true, the three have kickstarted the LTE networks without spending a lot of money.

Source: The Guardian