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Source: T-Mobile Press Release, March, 2007

Addition of a Mobile Allocation to the Band

Agency Actions

Amendment of Part 2 of the Commission’s Rules to Allocate Spectrum Below 3 GHz for Mobile and Fixed Services to Support the Introduction of New Advanced Wireless Services, Including Third Generation Wireless Systems, First Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order, ET Docket 00-258, 16 FCC Rcd 17222, ¶ 2 (2001), 66 FR 53960.

FCC 01-256: pdf - Word

3G Final Report: Spectrum Study of the 2500-2690 MHz Band Addressing the Potential for Accommodating Third Generation Mobile Systems, March 20, 2001. pdf - Word

Executive Summary

On September 24, 2001, the Commission adopted a First Report and Order in its new Advanced Wireless Services proceeding. The Order added a “mobile except aeronautical mobile allocation” to the 2500-2690 MHz band to provide additional near-term and long-term flexibility for use of this spectrum. This action made the band potentially available for advanced mobile and fixed terrestrial wireless services, including third generation (3G) and future generations of wireless systems.

Building upon the FCC's prior decisions to expand the potential uses of the 2500-2690 MHz band, the FCC decided to rely on market forces, rather than making regulatory judgments about the best use of the band. This allocation, for example, allowed certain portable data applications to be provided under existing service rules and could provide flexibility for introducing other advanced fixed and mobile applications in the future.

By these actions, the FCC sought:

(i) to promote the introduction of fixed wireless broadband services;

(ii) to provide for the introduction of new advanced wireless services to the public, as directed by section 706 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act; and

(iii) to promote increased competition among terrestrial services.

White Papers

FCC Removes MDS and ITFS From 3G Consideration and Adds Mobile Flexibility, Rini Coran, PC (2001).

Inside Mobile WiMAX Technology, Berkeley Varitronics Systems

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