Sentence examples for block of airwaves from inspiring English sources
But Congress had mandated that the wireless spectrum at issue — a prime block of airwaves known as D Block — be auctioned off to a commercial wireless company, which would raise money that could then be used to help build a public safety network.
DealBook » Antitrust Chief Backs Limits on Wireless Companies | "The Justice Department's top antitrust enforcer said on Tuesday that he supported limits on how much of the nation's airwaves a single wireless company could hold, a condition that could keep AT&T and Verizon from bidding on certain blocks of airwaves during auctions," The New York Times reports.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's top antitrust enforcer said on Tuesday that he supported limits on how much of the nation's airwaves a single wireless company could hold, a condition that could keep AT&T and Verizon from bidding on certain blocks of airwaves during auctions.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will press Congress to allocate a coveted block of wireless telecommunications airwaves for the building of a nationwide emergency communications network, administration officials said Thursday, a reversal that is likely to cement support for an issue that has been the subject of disputes since Sept. 11, 2001.
The mechanism at play is the reservation of spectrum in each market for those who do not, as Reuters wrote today, "already have substantial blocks of low-frequency airwaves there".
The obligations, named after the section of airwaves they applied to, became known as "the C Block rules".
Ofcom has blocked BT and its mobile arm EE from bidding for more spectrum in an auction of airwaves that will allow faster downloads for 4G users.
P13 BT spurned in £5bn battle of airwaves.
But this would probably mean lots of tiny, fragmented packets of airwaves changing hands.
Unlike previous F.C.C. auctions of airwaves, these auctions have several moving parts.
At Sakurajima, maximum amplitudes are measured in the seismograms before the arrival of airwaves.
