With the caveat that spectrum availability is one matter, the usage of that spectrum another matter, AT&T recently has claimed a dramatic lead in low-band spectrum. This chart shows why AT&T makes the claim.
AT&T has about 176 MHz worth of low-band and mid-band spectrum, compared to Verizon’s 117 Mhz, Sprint’s 212 Mhz, T-Mobile’s 11o MHz and Dish Network’s 92 MHz.
Of course, Verizon and AT&T have the most subscribers, so bandwidth per subscriber is less than for Sprint, T-Mobile US or Dish Network.
The “spectrum per subscriber” picture is different.
Spectrum holdings matter, of course. But subscriber loading also matters. Looked at on a bandwidth per subscriber basis, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile US are not far apart. Only Sprint has an unusually high amount of spectrum. Dish Network has not launched yet, and will be starting with modest network loading, so it should have relatively high spectrum per customer.
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