Sprint has decided not to participate in the FCC’s 600 MHz incentive auction next year. In a blog posting, the company said its current spectrum holdings “are sufficient to provide its current and future customers great network coverage and be able to provide the consistent reliability, capacity, and speed that its customers demand.”
“Sprint’s focus and overarching imperative must be on improving its network and market position in the immediate term so we can remain a powerful force in fostering competition, consumer benefits and innovation in the wireless broadband world,” stated Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure. “Sprint has the spectrum it needs to deploy its network architecture of the future.”
The company also noted its efforts to increase coverage and capacity by densifying its network and increasing the number of cell sites using its existing spectrum. Sprint is already deploying new technologies, such as carrier aggregation, that unlock the potential of its strong 2.5 GHz spectrum position.
http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-statement-on-the-incentive-auction.htm
