May,2017
WirelessCommunicationsinthe2.5GHzBand
SuitableforBroadbandDataApplications
Availablein233Marketsin42States
SelectSpectrumisofferingEducationalBroadbandServiceandBroadbandRadioServiceFCC
licensedspectrumacross332site-basedlicensesin233distinct35-mileradiisitesin42states.
MarketscoveredincludethenorthernandcentralPlains,Midwest,CentralTexas,GulfCoast,
AppalachianFoothills,andSusquehannaRiverValley;togetherlicensescoverapopulationof
over145million.
Availablespectrumvaries,between5.5and45MHzbandwidthforeachlicense,withatypical
licensebeing22.5MHz.Atypical22.5MHzlicenseallowsforasophisticated,high-bandwidth
network.Shouldadditionalbandwidthberequired,itispossibletoobtainamaximumof194MHz
ofnearlycontiguousspectruminasingular35-mileradiusmarket,dependingonavailability.
Availablelicensesareshowninthemapbelow.ThelicensescoverlargeportionsoftheUnited
StatesconcentratedeastoftheRockyMountains,inthePlainsStates,andtheGulfCoast.
Thisofferingconsistsof332licensesoriginatingfromassignmentinthecaseofEBS,anauctionfor
BRS.Asmanyas5licensesareavailableinsomemarkets.Witheachlicensehavingupto45MHz
ofbandwidth,over3.1billionMHzPOPsareavailableinthe2.5GHzoffering.
The2.5GHzbandplanisshownbelow.Frequencies1,2and3ofeachchanneloccupytheupper
and lower portions of the 194 MHz reserved for this band. Frequency 4 of each channel are
immediatelyadjacenttoeachotherinthemiddleoftheband.ChannelsJ&Kactastheguard
band.
TheFCChasmodifiedthe2.5GHzbandrulesonseveraloccasions,andin2005,theFCCmodernized
thebandbychangingthechannelstructureandupdatingtherules.Somelicensesarestillusedfor
broadcasttelevision,butmostlicenseeshavetakenadvantageofthenewrulesthatallowforfixed
andmobilewirelessInternetoperations.BRSlicensesoperateChannelsE,F,HandBRS1-2adjacent
to Educational Broadband Service (EBS) channels A, B, C, D, & G, reserved for educational
institutions.MostBRSlicensesareheldbycommercialoperators.EBSlicensescanonlybeheldby
educational institutions. Since generally schools and colleges don’t have the funds, expertise or
need to operate a wireless broadband network, most have entered into excess capacity leases
allowed by FCC regulations. FCC rules require lessees to reserve a portion of the license for
educationaluse.
Currently,mostoperatorsontheBRS&EBSbandsareusing4G2protocols,includingWiMAXand
LTE,whicharesupportedbyawidevarietyofequipmentmanufacturers.However,thespectrum
can also be used to support more specialized networks including utility smart grid applications,
governmentorganizationsandpublicsafety3,etc.
Basic information about the overall offering is shown below. Please contact us for additional
informationregardingtheselicenses.
Licenses
Largest
Market
POPs
Min
MHz
Max
MHz
Channel
Blocks
Multiple
Adjacent
Channels
2013POPs
2013MHzPOPs
332
14,232,610
5.5
45
9
Yes
148,462,616
3,127,919,392
Contact:JamesBridges,[email protected],5712878720http://selectspectrum.com
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“FourthGeneration”technologydevelopedforthebroadbandmobilewirelessindustry
NYCWINisapost9/11publicsafetynetworkinNewYorkthatutilizesleased2.5GHzspectrumlicensestoprovide
mobilewirelessbroadbandaccessforavarietyofmunicipalorganizations.See
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doitt/html/citywide/nycwin.shtml
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