T-Mobile USA Announces An Agreement With Verizon Wireless, Increasing Its Spectrum Reach To 60 Million More People Now

Posted on Jun 25 2012 - 1:39pm by Editorial Staff

US mobile carrier T-Mobile today announced an agreement with Verizon Wireless purchasing and exchanging of certain Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) spectrum licenses in 218 markets across the country. The transaction results in improving T-Mobile’s spectrum position in 15 of the top 25 markets in the US.

The agreement in addition to T-Mobile’s previously announced $4 billion 4G network evolution plan, which includes modernization of 37,000 cell sites, launching 4G HSPA+ services in the 1900 MHz band and deployment of LTE in 2013.

T-Mobile will gain spectrum covering 60 million people — notably in Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; Detroit; Minneapolis; Seattle; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Milwaukee; Charlotte, N.C.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; Greensboro, N.C.; Memphis, Tenn.; and Rochester, N.Y. — in exchange for spectrum covering 22 million people and certain cash consideration.

Here is what T-Mobile CEO and President Philipp Humm had to say about the deal:

“This agreement will provide T-Mobile with critical AWS spectrum, enhancing both network capacity and performance and allowing us to meet the growing consumer demand for 4G mobile broadband,” T-Mobile CEO and President Philipp Humm said. “This is good for T-Mobile and good for consumers because it will enable T-Mobile to compete even more vigorously with other wireless carriers. We anticipate FCC approval later this summer, in time for us to incorporate this new spectrum into our network modernization and the rollout of LTE services next year.”

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