OTE to resume VDSL services in six months following wholesale regulatory decision

US mobile operators Verizon Wireless and Leap Wireless have requested permission from telecoms regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to conduct a significant exchange of spectrum, with a view to bolstering Long Term Evolution (LTE) in selected areas of the country. According to Fierce Wireless, if approved, Leap will receive a 12MHz ‘A block’ licence in the 700MHz spectrum band covering Chicago; Verizon paid USD152 million for the block during the FCC's 700MHz auction in 2008. Leap currently owns 10MHz of spectrum in Chicago, and will use the additional spectrum to launch LTE service in the Windy City; Verizon currently offers LTE services in Chicago using its 700MHz ‘C Block’ spectrum. [More]

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