T-Mobile, MetroPCS, Others Buy Spectrum from NextWave
Today NextWave Wireless announced it is selling advanced wireless service (AWS) licenses to four separate carriers for a $150.1 million, the largest of which is T-Mobile.It has found buyers for at least some of its spectrum.
According to NextWave鈥檚 filing with the SEC, NextWave spectrum subsidiary AWS Wireless will sell 59 economic area and metro area licenses in 19 states, as well as regional licenses covering all of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin islands for $97.5 million. T-Mobile. is deploying a nationwide 3G network on the AWS bands and will likely use the spectrum to augment its network outside of its core large city footprint.
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