Sentence examples for block of spectrum from inspiring English sources

The conditions for the auction, however, resulted in no company bidding the required minimum, and the block of spectrum has sat largely unused for several years.

First, the commission needs to decide what to do with what it called the D block — a block of spectrum designated to be used both for commercial wireless service and for communication between public safety agencies.

As compensation for that demand, the F.C.C. intended this block of spectrum to be somewhat less expensive than the other national blocks of frequencies that do not involve cooperation with public safety agencies.

Before the auction, the agency will have to decide how many licenses to grant in the 500-megahertz block of spectrum and what engineering rules will be required to prevent interference between the various services.

The change in available airwaves, which were freed up by the conversion of television signals from analog to digital, constitutes the first significant block of spectrum made available for unlicensed use by the F.C.C. in 20 years.

Another $7 billion of auction proceeds will be used to build the public safety network on a block of spectrum that, had it been sold, might have raised another $2.75 billion, according to the Congressional Budget Office's evaluation of the bill.

AT&T bought other blocks of spectrum that had no such explicit conditions.

Fortunately, carrier aggregation also allows mobile operators to patch together their disparate blocks of spectrum.

Every day, in 10 auction rounds of 15 minutes each, cellphone companies fought for the last little blocks of spectrum, in places like Minot, Hunterdon County, N.J., and American Samoa, without resolution.

In ten 15-minute auction rounds each day, cellphone companies have been fighting for the last little blocks of spectrum, in places like Minot, Hunterdon, N.J., and American Samoa.

The blocks of spectrum for sale — many of which were reserved for the military and other government agencies — stretch across the country, so they represent a rare chance for newcomers to quickly offer nationwide service.