The announcement by FCC (News - Alert) Chairman Julius Genachowski to submit a proposal to FCC commissioners that would allow AT&T the ability to deploy 4G LTE service over Wireless Communication Services (WCS) band comes at time when the company is trying to keep up with Verizon Wireless (News - Alert). Even if it is approved, AT&T will still be far behind because it will take the company an additional two years to achieve what Verizon is about to complete in a short period of time. Telecom companies are clamoring for any available bandwidth with the capability of providing WCS bands for LTE (News - Alert) network because of the increasing demand for data from mobile devices.
The proposal the chairman is submitting comes after AT&T petitioned the FCC to allow it to start using 2.3GHz bands currently not being used by satellite radio. Additionally, the company purchased Nextwave, a company with WCS band assets in a deal totaling $600 million. The petition and acquisition of these assets gives AT&T (News 
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Back in August at the time of Nextwave’s acquisition the company said, “ The proposed WCS rule changes and NextWave acquisition represent an alternative approach to creating additional wireless network capacity to help support skyrocketing wireless data usage on Smartphones and tablets... Read More
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