FCC expects 700MHz 'D Block' to see auction in 2011

Courtesy Engadget  Mon, 03/22/2010 - 05:40

Birds fly, grass grows, and the FCC auctions off wireless spectrum.

It's just one of those inevitable facts of life. In 2008, the Commission sure sold plenty of the stuff, with both AT&T and Verizon trading billions of dollars for enough building-penetrating 700MHz bandwidth to start LTE networks (that's 4G, vaquero!) as early as next year .

One huge chunk of spectrum didn't sell, however: the infamous Block 'D,' subject to a unique FCC...

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