After the FCC's advanced wireless services auctions ended months ago, I was wondering when some of the smaller bidders would get their hands on the licenses they ended up winning.Well, NextWave Wireless has secured 154 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS) licenses it successfully bid on during the FCC spectrum auction, and these licenses cover areas like Albany, Anchorage, El Paso, Fort Myers, Indianapolis, Little Rock, Louisville, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Puerto Rico, Sacramento, Sarasota and Tulsa.
What does this mean? Well, with NextWave looking to WiMAX for the future, the company says the new AWS licenses, combined with its existing 2.3 GHz and 2.5 GHz spectrum assets, will expand its footprint to cover about 247 million people across the United States. That's on par with the big boys.
