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MY LATEST T-Mobile has received the FCC's permission to give up some millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum that the operator said "is not feasible to effectively deploy ... in a way that would benefit the public." In a handful of locations around the country, T-Mobile told the FCC that it does not plan to expand its mmWave coverage beyond relatively small downtown areas. As a result, the operator is giving back to the FCC spectrum that sits well beyond its existing coverage areas. The FCC can make the spectrum available to another provider that might want it. The move means that T-Mobile will not meet the FCC's original coverage requirements for those spectrum licenses. Under the agency's original buildout requirements, T-Mobile was supposed to provide mobile services to at least 40% of the population within the geographic boundaries of its mmWave spectrum licenses or up to 25% of the geographic areas of the licenses. Failing to meet the FCC's original coverage requirements could have been grounds for the agency to cancel T-Mobile's licenses altogether. But T-Mobile told the FCC it would be better if the company simply redrew its spectrum licenses around its existing, smaller coverage areas, and the agency agreed. Some longtime spectrum observers questioned what kind of precedent T-Mobile's move might set. "It is an interesting tactic that I haven't seen before. Would the FCC accept this methodology on lowband or midband spectrum licenses?" wondered Brian Goemmer, with spectrum-tracking company Spektrum Metrics. MORE: https://lnkd.in/giKGEmMX #5G

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Spectrum is one of the fundamental elements of the telecom business. Therefore, how it is allocated and the way its price is formulated for commercial use have a direct impact on the kind of quality of services (QoS) experienced by the customers. Robi’s EVP, Network Planning Syed Md. Samshur Rahman has penned a seminal article on this topic that brings to light the improvement areas for ensuring better QoS. Please have a read for a detailed understanding. #SpectrumAllocation #SpectrumPricing #QualityofServices #SmartBangladesh

Spectrum is one of the fundamental elements of the telecom business. Therefore, how it is allocated and the way its price is formulated for commercial use have a direct impact on the kind of quality of services (QoS) experienced by the customers. Robi’s EVP, Network Planning Syed Md. Samshur Rahman has penned a seminal article on this topic that brings to light the improvement areas for ensuring better QoS. Please have a read for a detailed understanding. #SpectrumAllocation #SpectrumPricing #QualityofServices #SmartBangladesh https://lnkd.in/gXiDV7Mm

In other news, T-Mobile is returning mmWave (28 GHz) spectrum to the FCC. https://lnkd.in/d3g7r7Bi As I often say, spectrum is not fungible. A MHz of licensed spectrum is very different than a MHz of unlicensed spectrum, a MHz of mid-band spectrum is very different than a MHz of mmWave spectrum, etc... Consider T-Mobile's statement to the FCC, "the propagation characteristics of the [28 GHz]spectrum only allow for stable communications over limited distances where there is a clear line of sight between the transmit and receive locations." And then there was the South Korean failure with mmWave 5G. https://lnkd.in/dZCkSKE8 With such a track record of failure with mmWave IMT/cellular, I find it a bit hypocritical for @GSMA to claim that Wi-Fi has plenty of spectrum "headroom" in 57-71 GHz (and therefore doesn't need more mid-band). If MNOs can't make mmWave work at macro/pico power levels at 28 GHz, it's not hard to see how Wi-Fi power levels at 57-71 GHz will work for typical applications. There are some cool outdoor pt-pt systems, but mmWave is not the answer for general Wi-Fi uses - as the GSMA well knows based on its own members' experiences.

Great deep dive into where broadband coverage is overstated by BroadbandNow, along with very good advice about how to fix the Federal Communications Commission's flawed broadband maps. I hope the FCC, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and state broadband offices are listening. $42.5 billion dollars for broadband deployment depends on it. https://lnkd.in/eqW7xVbP

It’s interesting how, after years of exaggerated promises, the realities of mmWave’s limited range and coverage have caught up, revealing significant challenges for widespread mobile deployments. Unfortunately, now we’re seeing a similar scenario play out in the 6/7 GHz spectrum. This band holds tremendous potential for Wi-Fi, especially in high throughput and capacity-driven environments, where connectivity in dense areas is key—not wide area coverage. Let’s hope our friends at GSMA will recognize that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is not a viable spectrum policy approach. #WiFi #SpectrumManagement #6GHz #7GHz #Telecom #mmWave #Connectivity #Innovation #MobileNetworks

#KHTelecomAlert: Last week, several #industry players filed a Petition for Rulemaking requesting the #FCC provide an option for 5/5 MHz broadband networks in the 900 MHz band. Plus, Dish and T-Mobile’s 800 MHz deal seems to have fallen through, and comment cycles have been established in the 6 GHz and pole attachment proceedings. Read more from Keller and Heckman LLP’s #telecommunications practice group:

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