CONFIDENTIAL
Seprtember2014
Contacts
John Vislosky
Senior Vice President
Access Spectrum, LLC
2 Bethesda Metro Center
Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(O) 301-941-1110
(C) 240-507-8816
(E) John.Vislosky@
AccessSpectrum.com
TRANSACTION OVERVIEW
Access Spectrum, LLC is the license holder of 1 MHz paired (2 MHz total) of
Upper 700 MHz A Block spectrum licensed by the FCC. These 28 licenses
cover 48% of the population of the United States representing a total of 143
million POPs/286 million MHz POPs. As shown in the map below, this licensed
spectrum covers primarily the central portion of the USA, Southern California,
Texas, the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska. Access Spectrum will sell its licenses
(shown in grey below) together or individually and will consider selling
portions of the licenses. It should be noted that the rest of the country is
primarily licensed to Beach Point Capital (in white below) and Columbia
Capital (in yellow below) which holds the Washington DC license. Moreover,
all three licensee are interested in selling their licenses nation-wide.
The spectrum is located between 757.0 and 758.0 MHz and between
787.0 and 788.0 MHz and has excellent propagation characteristics.
Maximum downlink power is 1000 Watts ERP at 1000 feet, and maximum uplink power is
30 Watts ERP. Maximum out of band emissions limits of 43 +10log P dB apply to the A
Block and the adjacent 11 x 11 MHz upper 700 MHz C Block where Verizon operates a
nearly nationwide 10 MHz paired LTE network. Additionally, the Part 27 Rules for the A
Block allow a maximum antenna height of 1000 Feet. The A Block is also protected from
interference from the adjacent public safety broadband channels at 758-768 MHz and
788-798 MHz. These frequencies were granted to FirstNet which Congress established to
construct a national first responder LTE network. Funding for FirstNet is limited and
planning has been very slow to date.
The A Block spectrum can be used for a broad range of applications including but not
limited to mobile or fixed data, voice, video, and cellular. Networks may employ point-topoint, point-multipoint (tall site) and/or cellular structures. Potential users include
utilities and other critical infrastructure industries, innovative wireless and entertainment
operators and machine to machine (Internet of Things) networks.
The licenses are valid through July 2019 when they will be renewed for a low
administrative fee by the FCC provided that the license holder can show they meet the
FCC’s “Substantial Service” guidelines which require limited use of the licenses
(therefore- No Standard Build out Requirement).
Major Economic Area* FCC Licenses Held by Access Spectrum, LLC
Buffalo
Memphis-Jackson
Omaha
Atlanta
New Orleans-Baton Rouge
Wichita
Milwaukee
Little Rock
Tulsa
Minneapolis - St Paul
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Des Moines-Quad Cities
St Louis
San Antonio
Louisville-Lexington-Evansville Houston
El Paso-Albuquerque
Birmingham
Dallas-Fort Worth
Phoenix
Nashville
Denver
Spokane-Billings
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles-San Diego
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
*In this band, FCC MEA licensed areas include large areas surrounding the named cities, For
example, the Los Angeles MEA includes portions of Southern California and Arizona. There are 52
FCC MEAs in total.
Pt-Multipoint and Pt-Pt Wireless Equipment for this band is made by Full Spectrum:
http://www.fullspectrumnet.com/ and ConVergence Technologies http://www.converge-tech.com .
Other manufacturers are considering modifying their existing lines of equipment to make use of this
band. This includes equipment operating in Frequency-division duplexing (FDD) as well as Timedivision duplexing (TDD).
FCC Authorizations
MEA
3
8
17
20
21
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
44
47
52
Market
Buffalo
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Des Moines-Quad Cities
Louisville-Lexington-Evansvill
Birmingham
Nashville
Memphis-Jackson
New Orleans-Baton Rouge
Little Rock
Kansas City
St. Louis
Houston
Dallas-Fort Worth
Denver
Omaha
Wichita
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
El Paso-Albuquerque
Phoenix
Spokane-Billings
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles-San Diego
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Total
2013 Population 2013 MHz-pops
1,454,672
11,160,193
5,322,030
7,347,230
3,037,268
4,645,728
3,694,745
2,965,282
4,348,588
5,060,526
2,959,568
3,503,664
5,114,563
8,378,758
14,283,401
6,027,343
1,930,448
1,217,494
1,499,470
2,099,823
4,710,639
2,953,560
6,211,009
2,252,002
4,002,731
26,029,072
735,132
0
2,909,344
22,320,386
10,644,060
14,694,460
6,074,536
9,291,456
7,389,490
5,930,564
8,697,176
10,121,052
5,919,136
7,007,328
10,229,126
16,757,516
28,566,802
12,054,686
3,860,896
2,434,988
2,998,940
4,199,646
9,421,278
5,907,120
12,422,018
4,504,004
8,005,462
52,058,144
1,470,264
0
142,944,939
285,889,878
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