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Watzmann

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#2370153 7-Dec-2019 21:17

Hi, Can you figure out whether they are using TDD-LTE or FDD-LTE?

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#2370269 8-Dec-2019 06:12

Watzmann:
Hi, Can you figure out whether they are using TDD-LTE or FDD-LTE?

The Dense Air / Spark network is 5G only, not LTE.

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#2974758 29-Sep-2022 12:26

Who's got the latest banter on what DenseAir are up too these days? The number of active licenses has reduced significantly, only two remaining:

VIKKI LANE 151 VICTORIA STREET WEST, AUCKLAND - https://rrf.rsm.govt.nz/rrf/licence/number/295841
[DASHT1_P] OUTSIDE 3-13 SHORTLAND STREET, AUCKLAND CBD - https://rrf.rsm.govt.nz/rrf/licence/number/280100 & https://rrf.rsm.govt.nz/rrf/licence/number/280099

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#2997293 16-Nov-2022 23:35

Also interested to know. They should use it or lose it IMHO. I can't envisage anyone wanting to sink a cool $1bn investment into a network that they would not ultimately own. The prospect of an entirely wholesale network seems to make little sense in its current form.

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#2997348 17-Nov-2022 10:13

Unsure why the licenses don't show up, perhaps they are not required, but one of the products Dense Air was promoting earlier this year was for say a shopping mall that had bad cell coverage to deploy one of their small cells on their spectrum. Then they presto, Spark/Vodafone/2degrees blackspot eliminated.

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#3015565 31-Dec-2022 15:27

There is still a (I presume) Dense Air operated LTE site on Band 41 (channel 39840) on top of a Spark phone booth in Shortland Street which was operating yesterday when I went into town. Shows up as a DenseAir site on GIS Geek but as far as I know it only operates as a Spark LTE cell (530-05 TAC 18111 eNB 501001 CID 126). No idea if it does 5G but I am guessing no as there is no 3500 licence for this location

I believe they (Dense Air and/or Spark) were (or are still?) operating a LTE cell (also Band 41) inside the Dress Smart shopping centre in Onehunga (TAC 18151 eNB 500001 CIDs 116/126 on channels 40990/39790). Nothing on GIS Geek but it would have been low power so perhaps not required to be licensed, or maybe the licence has expired. Also guessing there is/was no 5G.

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