The FCC just gave T-Mobile licenses to cover the 31MHz of 600MHz spectrum that it won at the FCC’s auction of low frequency airwaves. They travel farther and penetrate buildings better unlike high-frequency airwaves. By the end of 2017, T-Mobile will have over 1-million square miles of 600MHz spectrum. It already has 700MHz low-frequency spectrum that it uses for Extended Range LTE service.

T-Mobile got licenses from FCC for the 31MHz of 600MHz spectrum that it earned in the FCC auction

Latest devices from Samsung and others will be there around the end of 2017 which will help T-Mobile customers to benefit from the features available with low-band spectrum.

Other than using the 600MHz spectrum to improve and enhance its LTE pipeline, T-Mobile will make use of some of this spectrum to build out the nationwide 5G network which is planned and announced by the firm during May.