Sprint clears 35MHz of spectrum for future use, wonders if it’s alone in the world
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You know that “National Broadband Plan” that the world keeps yapping about? Sprint’s down with it, and has been since before it ever existed, apparently. Based on a glowing press release outed this week by the carrier, it has just wrapped up a five year initiative to free 35MHz of highly valuable spectrum needed for future broadband expansion. After spending a cool $750 million from 2005 to 2010, the company has now cleared 35MHz of broadcast auxiliary service (BAS) spectrum across the country, though there’s obviously some ways to go before Obama has 500MHz of cleared spectrum at his disposal. As it stands, Sprint has transitioned the broadcast auxiliary services to a new, more efficient spectrum plan in the 2GHz frequency band, and while the exact hows and whens have yet to be laid out, we’re hearing that this could provide access to “faster, cheaper broadband services” in the future. Huzzah?
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