Verizon buys spectrum for Central CA

[Fire14]

Verizon Wireless scoops up Calif. spectrum license for $4.5M


Verizon Wireless announced it purchased a spectrum license from Alpine-Monterey F Inc. for $4.5 million. The carrier said the license covers 426,000 potential subscribers in the Salinas-Monterey area of central California.

Verizon Wireless said it bought the license to add capacity to its network and meet the growing demand for its services in the area.

The move is notable as Verizon Wireless last year spent $2.8 billion on spectrum licenses during the Federal Communications Commission's Auction 66, dubbed the advanced wireless services auction. Verizon won licenses covering large swathes of land across the country.

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[Andy]

I think VZW is desperate for spectrum in this area!

[larry]

I always wondered what happened to Alpine PCS. In 2001 they were in the process of zoning sites all up and down the Central Coast of CA inlcuding Santa Barbara when all of a sudden they just disappeared and I never heard anything about them again.