Ericsson Readying Products for 600 MHz Band
Ericsson will have products ready for commercial deployment in the 600 MHz band in Q3, with tests to start before that, a spokeswoman emailed. Earlier this week, questions arose whether T-Mobile and others that bought licenses in the TV incentive…
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auction will have trouble finding devices and network equipment as they deploy in the newly opened band (see 1704170042). “Ericsson is committed to the 600 MHz market and so are the 600 MHz licensees,” the spokeswoman emailed Wednesday. “Besides the focus that T-Mobile has demonstrated towards providing service in this band as early as the end of this year, 600 MHz is also starting to gain regional harmonization as Mexico and Canada, for instance, take further steps to provide services in this band. We also expect the allocation of the 600 MHz for mobile terrestrial service to gain global momentum now that the incentive auction has drawn to a successful conclusion.”