U.S. Cellular said today that it has achieved speeds exceeding 100 Mbps over distances as great as five kilometers (just over three miles) using 5G fixed wireless deployed in the millimeter wave spectrum band. Fixed wireless is typically deployed in…
U.S. Cellular said today that it has begun building out 5G service using millimeter wave spectrum in the 24, 28 and 39 GHz millimeter wave (mmWave) bands and expects to launch service in those bands in 2021. The U.S. Cellular…
The FCC has released the winners in Auction 103 of 5G millimeter wave spectrum in the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands, and it looks like the nation’s largest mobile carriers won the vast majority of the spectrum….
The clock phase of the latest 5G millimeter wave auction, Auction 103, has been completed, raising $7.5 billion so far – about 20% less per license in comparison with what was raised in the clock phase of the previous millimeter…
The FCC said late last week that 35 companies have qualified to bid in Auction 103 of millimeter wave spectrum in the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and 47 GHz bands that is scheduled to begin December 10. Qualified bidders include…
T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular are two of 29 entities that submitted complete applications to bid in an upcoming millimeter wave 5G spectrum auction scheduled to start December 10, the FCC said this week. And although some industry observers have questioned…
Although 5G millimeter wave spectrum has experienced a bit of a backlash in recent months, one carrier that is still gung ho about the spectrum band is Verizon. Millimeter wave spectrum “opens up so many possibilities,” said Verizon Executive Vice…
The FCC today released the names of companies that won licenses in the recently completed auction of spectrum suitable for 5G deployments in the 24 GHz and 28 GHz millimeter wave bands. The biggest 5G millimeter wave auction winners were…
Auction 102, comprised of 5G spectrum in the 24 GHz millimeter wave band, closed today, raising just over $2 billion, the FCC said. All but five of the 2,909 licenses available for auction had winning bids. The identity of winning…
The FCC’s second 5G millimeter wave auction completed its clock phase today, having raised nearly $2 billion. The auction, known as Auction 102, includes wide 100 MHz swaths of spectrum in the 24 GHz band. The amount of funding ultimately…
Three of the nation’s four largest wireless carriers – AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon – have qualified to bid in the upcoming 24 GHz millimeter wave spectrum auction, known as Auction 102. Also on the qualified bidders list are 36 other…