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T-Mobile: Extend 2.5 GHz Tribal Application Window by No More Than 90 Days

T-Mobile doesn’t oppose a 90-day extension of Monday’s 2.5 GHz rural tribal priority application window, but the FCC should remember it's already actively deploying services in the band, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 18-120. “It is important that…

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grant of the pending requests not delay action necessary to auction the remaining 2.5 GHz spectrum for commercial use,” the carrier said: “While T-Mobile has begun to deploy 2.5 GHz spectrum for 5G services, currently unlicensed spectrum should be available to provide broadband services and not continue to lie fallow.” Some support a six-month extension (see 2007230040).