T-Mobile has issued an FCC filing opposing Verizon's plans to
purchase additional spectrum licenses in the AWS band from cable
companies, saying that Verizon is mainly doing this to keep the
licenses away from smaller companies such as itself. T-Mobile
also said that it would use the additional spectrum "more
quickly, more intensively, and more efficiently than Verizon
Wireless" — a statement that Verizon seems to have some issues
with.  In a post on Verizon's policy blog, Charla Rath, VP of
wireless policy development, explained that Verizon is actually
twice as efficient with its spectrum than T-Mobile. According to
Rath, while Verizon serves 109 million customer connections with
an average of 88 MHz, T-Mobile's 33 million connections are
served with just 50 MHz, which means that Verizon serves 1.2
million customers per megahertz compared to 660,000 for
T-Mobile.  Rath goes on to say that the real issue isn't
efficiency, but the lack of spectrum currently available,
writing "I'm sure T-Mobile would agree wi