Sprint’s bold gambit to catch up with AT&T and Verizon

[Wireless News]

Next year, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to hold an auction for spectrum on the 600MHz band, which is prime real estate for wireless carriers that-want contiguous low-band spectrum for their wireless services. Sprint, however, will not be taking part in it. You may find this strange since Sprint has traditionally languished behind AT&T and Verizon in network quality for years — shouldn’t it want to get as much high-quality spectrum as it can? However, Sprint already has a giant pile of spectrum in its portfolio that it’s just now using-to its fullest potential. FROM EARLIER:-5 reasons Android fans are already complaining about the Nexus 5X When Sprint completed its acquisition of Clearwire just over two years ago, it

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