Verizon’s likely sale of all of its LMDS spectrum (29 GHz, 31 GHz) is less related to its views on millimeter wave spectrum and more on the restriction of LMDS to fixed applications. The Federal Communications Commission does not allow use of LMDS for mobility operations.
Verizon acquired LMDS spectrum in 2016 as part of the XO Communications acquisition. XO, for its part, had amassed LMDS spectrum as part of its hoped-for business customer access strategy. Prior to that use case, Local Multipoint Distribution System (LMDS) was envisioned as a way to support television delivery. As with much of the spectrum originally proposed for educational television, including Multichannel Multipoint Distribution System (MMDS), the practical use cases did not develop.
T-Mobile bases much of its 5G coverage strategy on use of 2.5-GHz former MMDS spectrum, for example.
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