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T-Mobile Updates FCC on Data Submissions

T-Mobile offered the FCC additional clarity on confidential information it filed on its proposed buy of Sprint, in a highly redacted filing posted Monday in docket 18-197. “All coverage maps are based on outdoor link budget coverage thresholds,” the carrier…

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said. “Link budgets are developed for specific frequency bands. Coverage is often aggregated, for instance PCS, AWS, and 2.5 GHz are combined to form ‘mid-band,’ however, the link budgets are determined per band.” T-Mobile noted “5G is still in the early development stages and equipment specifications" aren't finalized.