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To: Clarksterh who wrote (20700)	1/3/1999 4:00:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Clark, I was always wondering how wide are the 800 MHz bands and PCS A, B, C, D, E and F blocks. I don't know off-hand, but it's easy enough to find out. Just check the FCC site - its in there or one of its links. I just did. From this site: ntia.doc.gov And this file (pdf): ntia.doc.gov It says 1850 - 1910 and 1930 - 1990 are allocated to PCS. That's 60 MHz. Since ABCDEF are 6 blocks you could get 10 MHz per block. But from Mexican auctions, I seem to recall that the were not all the same. Some blocks were 10 or 15 MHz. I think A and B blocks were wider than CDEF blocks. I am assuming Mexico is following US in this. Here is some info from wireless week: On Jan. 17, 1997, the FCC officially closed the D-, E- and F-Block auction, thus putting the finishing touch on dividing broadband PCS spectrum into 102 30-megahertz major trading area licenses, 493 30-megahertz basic trading area licenses and 1,479 10-megahertz basic trading area licenses. D-, E- and F-Block winners will, for the most part, put their 10-megahertz worth of spectrum into the fray sometime in 1998 or 1999. wirelessweek.com Which is not conclusive. This totally confused me though: MTA 1: New York--A. Omnipoint Communications, B. Sprint PCS BTA 321: New York--C. NextWave, D. Omnipoint, E. AT&T Wireless, F. Northcoast Operating Co. wirelessweek.com So if the MTA licenses are 30 MHz, there is not enough spectrum left for BTA, and New York City seems to be both MTA and BTA. In 800MHz range, we have 824 - 849 and 869 - 894, or 25 MHz. I think it is divided into 2 blocks, so it looks like the 800 MHz operators have either 12.5 each, or some other breakdown. Joe