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T-Mobile is filing a request today with the FCC for a longer comment period on a proposed spectrum auction, claiming its network service would suffer interference if the spectrum is sold off. The carrier also wants the federal agency to test whether using part of the 2.1GHz-band wireless spectrum -- known as Advanced Wireless Services 3 (AWS-3) and located adjacent to T-Mobile spectrum bought two years ago -- would interfere with the carrier's current network. The FCC had set a 14-day comment time frame, which ends today, for feedback on the proposal. T-Mobile, which has already initiated its own testing, called the time frame "insufficient" for assessing the "complex issues" and wants a 90-day extension. "The FCC is considering rules that would create a serious risk of severe interference on adjacent bands where licensees, including T-Mobile, have already spent billions of dollars to acquire spectrum and build wireless broadband networks," a T-Mobile spokesperson told InternetNews.com. RELATED ARTICLES Lawmakers Ask FCC to Nix Free Internet Plan FCC Seeks Comment on Free Internet Plan Verizon Emerges Big Winner in Spectrum Auction FCC Spectrum Bidding Underway Google: Full Speed Ahead on Spectrum Bid For more stories on this topic: The spectrum debate comes as carriers are hungrier than ever for bigger network pipes to meet increasing wireless data demand by customers. The increasing appetite for spectrum... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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