Sentence examples for blocks of spectrum from inspiring English sources

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.

The local "big three" providers Bell, Rogers and Telus, which between them control 90% of the mobile market can each bid for one of four blocks of spectrum available in all of Canada's 14 service regions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.