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The way I heard it, these were for sites that T-Mobile would not be keeping, and presumably is how they would handle decommissioning the equipment from them. This would presumably happen because they're already on the tower or on an adjacent tower. For example, in Keysville, VA, T-Mobile is on a tower directly adjacent to the existing US Cellular-owned tower. https://maps.app.goo.gl/kefNy451QXYFSqi5A T-Mobile at left; at right is the US Cellular-owned tower with both US Cellular and Verizon gear on it. - Trip
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My gut opinion is they are waiting for technology improvements. C-band is seeing some of those emerge now which will extend its useful range and carrying capacity. Given it current short range, 24GHz is best for places where people are seated in sizeable numbers, although I would not rule out business pico cells. Of course, Verizon is using mmWave small cells quite well for FWA by placing them outside large apartment buildings that only allow one ISP with outrageous charges. UScellular and some Verizon have been using it to do the job of microwave links to preserve licences (4 needed per county).
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By Paynefanbro · Posted
Looks like T-Mobile is consolidating around 24GHz for mmWave. Curious to know what their plans are for that. -
From UScellular and TDS conference call: $60 million breakup fee. 30 month leases on some sites which can be canceled at any time. Additional spectrum sales possible at any time. Expect a high amount of demand. Will be trying to build tower colocation business. Optimistic about approval because of customer better pricing and performance. Offers will be extended to a significant number of associates. 30% of spectrum was structured to mitigate approval issues.
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From the investor relations slide: "T-Mobile will acquire approximately 30% of UScellular’s spectrum portfolio, including all of the company’s 600 MHz(1), 2.5 GHz and 24 GHz, as well as the majority of its 700 MHz A Block, AWS and PCS holdings" https://imgur.com/a/KU8cCFO https://s24.q4cdn.com/321867585/files/doc_presentations/2024/Sale-of-Wireless-Operations-Presentation.pdf - Trip
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