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  1. bigsnake49
    In order for the PCS H block to make sense for Dish is if he can use it as part of a 25MHzx5MHz supplemental download. That assumes that he is able to wrest control of the Lightsquared spectrum from Falcone and then combines that with the 2180-2200 spectrum, thereby allowing him to redesignate the 2000-2020Hz as downlink. That's a lot of ifs and it will take time to do, lonager than January 14th. Will he gamble and bid high for PCS H, hoping everything else falls into place? And if he's successful, will he find a buyer for the 25MHzx5MHz spectrum. Mean while the clock is ticking on the deployment of his S-Band spectrum. Even if he is successful, I don't think he wants to be the 5th mobile carrier in a mature market. He can try to merge with T-Mobile, Sell the spectrum or trade it for hosting discounts and or EBS spectrum.
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    PCS H has a few more power restrictions than PCS G.
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    In the beginning they will have another contiguous 5x5 block for LTE. If Dish wins, and under the assumption that they redesignate 2000-2020MHz as downlink, they can have an assymetrical 25x5MHz LTE band.
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    Dish also has other problems as well. They're running out of time on their 700MHz deployment and have about 3 years left on their AWS-2 deployment.
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    They have G block, not H.
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    Milan, the right palms have not been greased yet in the other parts of New York.
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    Well, first Dish must get the Lightsquared's spectrum, then apply to the FCC to redesignate 2000-2200MHz as supplemental downlink. All of those things will not happen before the auction.
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    Try downloading a really big file on a 10MHz empty channel and get back to me with your battery draw.
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    The power draw of a 10Mhz channel (assuming of cource nobody else is using the channel) will always be a problem. So will a 20MHz channel or a 40Mhz channel. That's why on the handset side, it makes no sense to have carrier aggregation.
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    Or 30 MHz if you count PCS G.
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    Or take all 25 (20MHz of 2000-2020MHz +5MHz of PCS H) for an assymetric contiguous aggregated band.
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    Now I usually agree with Walter Pieczyk but what the hell is he talking talking about: BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk also suggested in August that the FCC delay the auction. "It feels strange to argue for a delay in a spectrum auction given our past complaints about the FCC's inability to source new spectrum but in this case it makes too much sense," he wrote in a blog post. "Moving the planned January auction of the H-Block back to the second half of 2014 when it can be simultaneously auctioned with the AWS-3 M-Block has several possible benefits: Improves usability of H-Block and potentially increases its size by 50% Doubles the possible auction values Helps fund a meaningful portion of Public Safety Broadband Network Enables more efficient spectrum planning Attracts greater participation in the Incentive Auction How will it increase the PCS H size by 50%? Or double the auction values? Read more: FCC sets H Block spectrum auction for Jan. 14, with Sprint seen as lead bidder - FierceWireless http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/fcc-sets-h-block-spectrum-auction-jan-14-sprint-seen-lead-bidder/2013-09-13#ixzz2esiVmB8G
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    Ergen might have other plans for PCS H other than driving the price up. See this discusiion: http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4650-pcs-h-and-dish-redux/
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    Interesting speculation on the subject by non other than Tim Farrar: http://tmfassociates.com/blog/2013/09/12/give-me-a-place-to-stand/ Some of the highlights: "DISH’s submission to the FCC earlier this week, offering concessions on 700MHz E block power limits (thereby securing support from AT&T), and the prospects of a bid of up to $0.50/MHzPOP ($1.5B) for the PCS H block, in exchange for the option to use the 2000-2020MHz AWS-4 uplink band for downlink operation, confirms that DISH’s plan is to use LightSquared’s L-band spectrum for uplink operations. That would presumably be paired with the 2180-2200MHZ AWS-4 downlink, which would give DISH the opportunity to offer the 2000-2020MHz band as supplementary downlink for PCS operators. It also confirms that DISH’s two targets for a potential partnership are now AT&T and Sprint, since they will be the two main LTE operators in the PCS band, and strongly suggests that DISH no longer has any interest in buying T-Mobile (though a deal with DirecTV remains plausible in 2014). Its important to remember that now it hasn’t got access to the Clearwire spectrum, DISH is essentially offering a partnership under which it would host AT&T or Sprint’s mobile spectrum (most likely in the WCS and BRS/EBS bands respectively) on its planned fixed broadband wireless network (which would use the AWS-4 downlink and L-band uplink for backhaul). In other words, DISH becomes a tower company, offering small cell hosting for as little as $100-$200 per cell per month, because DISH’s wireless broadband subscribers will be providing the site (on their rooftop satellite TV antenna) and the power for free." Since we are speculating, what about an exchange of the supplemental PCS downlink which would allow Sprint to utilize PCS G, PCS H and AWS-4 2000-2020 for a contiguous 30MHz, for EBS leases?
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    You know I'm all for Sprint selling the EBS leases to Dish and hostin Dish's spectrum.
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    They better act fast then! I think Sprint is going to wait for the 600MHz auction.
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    Yep, they decided that since Channel 51 problem will go away with the 600MHz auction, they should start rounding up rural block A operators. Between Lower 700MHz Block A, B, and C, and then D &E, they might not even need to participate in the 600MHz auction.
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    For me, since I live and work in the suburbs, support for 1900MHz and 800MHz is a lot more important than support for 2600. Since Sprint can barely find enough tall sctructures around here for 1900MHz spacing, support for 2600MHz is not necessary. Maybe if enough android phones offload the 1900MHz and 800MHz bands we can have those other bands to ourselves. Doesn't the iPhone support the China Mobile TDD band? Wouldn't support for band 41 be just a software update away?
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    This is not going to be run by Sprint. This will be SoftBank's baby and it will not be distracting to Sprint. From what I understand there will be increased crew availability as the two major Carriers wind up their deployments. Sprint will be OK by middle of 2014.
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    From NII holdings pages: 3G Capabilities In 2009, NII evolved its business by developing 3G capabilities that allowed the company to provide additional wireless services to more customers in more places. To date, a great deal of progress has been made on the company’s 3G network deployment. In Chile, NII and its subsidiary, Nextel Chile, secured 60MHz of 3G spectrum in 2009. As a result, the company began to develop a 3G network and launched its 3G network. In Mexico, NII was awarded the concession for 30MHz spectrum in the 2010 auction. This new spectrum supported a 3G network that has enabled Nextel Mexico to bring more services and options to the Mexican wireless market. The company deployed a 3G network in Mexico last year. In late 2010, NII was the winning bidder of a national 3G license and is moving forward with the deployment of the 3G network in Brazil and targeting a commercial launch this year. http://www.nii.com/technology.html That covers Mexico, Brazil and Chile. I believe Wind in Canada is available although they are an AWS carrier.
  21. bigsnake49
    No soup for you ! Trade is the name of the game. Which reminds me, what the heck is Sprint going to do with their 900Mhz holdings? For a while I thought they could trade them to Solinc for their 800Mhz holdings, but then from what I understand, Solinc is going to go to Tetra on 450-470MHz, so now I'm slightly confused.
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    No, that's not the reason they went bankrupt. They went bankrupt because they thought they needed a retail presence. They went bankrupt because they deployed Wimax in a haphazard way instead of providing a hotspot functionality for Sprint, offloading Sprint traffic. I still want to hear how Sprint will take advantage of 160Mhz they have on 2.6GHz. They might use up 40Mhz on purely mobile devices. What are they going to do with the rest? I expect some kind of a deal with Dish or AT&T or Verizon for the rest.
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    I'm assuming that's probably what is going to happen to the colocated sites. and I am assuming that the Clear sites that are not will remain and upgraded to TD-LTE. Similarly Spint sites with no colocated Clearwire equipment will be upgraded to support 2.6GHz equipment.
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    What exactly are they doing with Clearwire's equipment? Are they reusing some/all of the antennas, basestation equipment? Some of the basestations were a software upgrade away from hosting LTE.
  25. bigsnake49
    Oh, they'll have plenty of money, even with the interest payments.
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