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- The House of Representatives has passed the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act.
- This act requires the FCC to release the 2.5GHz licenses it auctioned off in 2022, of which T-Mobile won the vast majority.
- The 2.5GHz licenses would allow T-Mobile to upgrade its service to more than 50 million customers and offer in-home broadband service to 3 million households.
Back in 2022, the FCC auctioned off around 8,000 2.5GHz licenses. After spending about $304 million on the auction, T-Mobile won the vast majority of those licenses, but the FCC ended up keeping the licenses anyway. A new act that passed on Monday, however, may force the FCC to give T-Mobile the licenses it purchased, finally.
According to Fierce Wireless, the US House of Representatives passed a bill called the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement (SALE) Act. The act would demand that the FCC release the 2.5GHz licenses it auctioned off last year.
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