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DRNewcomb · 17-06-2006, 00:29

If I were setting up the plan for a country that had no cellular service at all, I'd start out with two carriers, each having about 25 MHz of 900 MHz spectrum and about 30 MHz of 1800 MHz. After X years (X >= 5) they'd each give up about 12 MHz of 900 MHz spectrum for two new carriers who would each also get about 30 MHz of 1800. Not sure how I'd allocate 3G. If my country had a lot of very rural areas I'd probably set up some way of sharing the 450 MHz spectrum for coverage in the outback. As they say, "Hindsight is 20/20"

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	17-06-2006, 00:29 If I were setting up the plan for a country that had no cellular service at all, I'd start out with two carriers, each having about 25 MHz of 900 MHz spectrum and about 30 MHz of 1800 MHz. After X years (X >= 5) they'd each give up about 12 MHz of 900 MHz spectrum for two new carriers who would each also get about 30 MHz of 1800. Not sure how I'd allocate 3G. If my country had a lot of very rural areas I'd probably set up some way of sharing the 450 MHz spectrum for coverage in the outback. As they say, "Hindsight is 20/20"