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T-Mobile confirmed today that the FCC approved the transfer of AWS spectrum licenses from AT&T to T-Mobile. This spectrum shuffle is part of the break-up agreement that AT&T signed when it tried to buy T-Mobile. When the merger failed, AT&T paid T-Mobile a lump sum payment and started the approval process to transfer the valuable AWS spectrum.
The AWS licenses will cover 128 Cellular Market Areas, including 12 of the top 20 markets. This new spectrum will help T-Mobile as it upgrades its network to 4G LTE. The company plans to spend $4 billion to improve existing voice and data coverage, and deploy LTE by the end of 2013.
[Via T-Mobile]
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Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
