AWS-1 Hawaiian Fun
After being quiet for so long, the mega-powerful Verizon Wireless yesterday went back into action in Hawaii.
The BEA and REA licensees cover the whole of the Hawaiian Archipelago, so we can see that currently T-Mobile has 30MHz, SpectrumCo (who own the local CableTV franchise) has 20MHz, Verizon Wireless 20MHz and Cingular has 20MHz on the main island. A private company, Cavalier Wireless, has 20MHz in a variety of smaller islands for US$201k.
Verizon Wireless also placed their toe into water into other smaller BEA licenses in Louisiana, which is right on the edge of the Central license / Mississippi Valley mega-franchise. Verizon Wireless have almost certainly lost the bid on the Central license to T-Mobile. Currently Verizon Wireless is not the high bidder, but could re-enter the fray.
Verizon Wireless still has around 7.9m bidding units available and they could use these to either:
The BEA and REA licensees cover the whole of the Hawaiian Archipelago, so we can see that currently T-Mobile has 30MHz, SpectrumCo (who own the local CableTV franchise) has 20MHz, Verizon Wireless 20MHz and Cingular has 20MHz on the main island. A private company, Cavalier Wireless, has 20MHz in a variety of smaller islands for US$201k.
Verizon Wireless also placed their toe into water into other smaller BEA licenses in Louisiana, which is right on the edge of the Central license / Mississippi Valley mega-franchise. Verizon Wireless have almost certainly lost the bid on the Central license to T-Mobile. Currently Verizon Wireless is not the high bidder, but could re-enter the fray.
Verizon Wireless still has around 7.9m bidding units available and they could use these to either:
- buy spectrum in the central & west regions where are currently spectrally challenged;
- force competitors to pay realistic prices;
- force out speculators who are buying spectrum on the cheap; or
- keep the auction going to keep the status-quo going for as long as possible.
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