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Bluegrass Cellular's plan to build a 4G LTE wireless network in Kentucky using spectrum leased from Verizon Wireless, announced yesterday, should enable Bluegrass to offer 4G service more quickly than if it had waited to build out its own 700 MHz spectrum holdings.
"This is the quickest way we will be able to provide these services to our customers," Bluegrass Vice President of Sales and Marketing Barry Nothstine told Connected Planet.
The Verizon Wireless 700 MHz spectrum that Bluegrass will lease is in the C-block, where equipment developers initially will focus their efforts. Bluegrass Cellular's own 700 MHz spectrum partially overlaps the Verizon coverage area but...