| John Navas 2006-09-18, 10:33 pm |
| <http://www.theregister.com/2006/09/...ars_en
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The US auction of AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum in the
1.7GHz and 2.1GHz bands has at last drawn to a close, raising $13.9bn
for the government in the sale of the largest block of spectrum
(1,112 licenses) offered by the FCC regulator.
As had become clear in the later rounds, the main winners are
T-Mobile, the Sprint-cable partnership, the other major cellcos and
two regional operators, MetroPCS and Leap. While the Sprint-cable
plans for national quad play services spell the greatest medium term
threat to the big two cellcos, Cingular and Verizon Wireless, in the
immediate future they may be more stressed by the progress of flat
rate carriers MetroPCS and Leap, which will now be positioned to
undercut the incumbents' rates in every major US city, exerting more
pressure on the giants' already squeezed margins.
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