LAS VEGAS—Wireless vendors are prepping products and services to take advantage of the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of Advanced Wireless Services spectrum in the 1700 MHz/2100 MHz and 700 MHz bands scheduled to begin in two months.
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This week at CTIA, at least four vendors released information on products and services designed for the AWS band:
- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. released its new-generation UMTS base station solution for the AWS band.
- Siemens announced U.S. availability of its WayMAX @vantage wireless solution in advance of the auction.
- Nortel Networks introduced several new UMTS solutions for the 850 MHz and 1700 MHz/2100 MHz bands.
- Finally, Nokia’s Services group announced a suite of consultancy services to help auction participants create business cases for the AWS spectrum brand. Services include site engineering consulting.