<s>
Cellular	B-Protocol
frequencies	I-Protocol
in	I-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
United	I-Protocol
States	I-Protocol
are	O
allocated	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
Federal	O
Communications	O
Commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
wishing	O
to	O
provide	O
cellular	O
services	O
in	O
a	O
geographic	O
region	O
compete	O
for	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
license	O
radio	O
spectrum	O
in	O
spectrum	B-Algorithm
auctions	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
700	O
MHz	O
band	O
was	O
auctioned	O
in	O
early	O
2008	O
using	O
spectrum	O
previously	O
used	O
by	O
television	O
stations	O
 '	O
analog	O
broadcasts	O
,	O
with	O
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
and	O
AT&T	O
Mobility	O
winning	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
available	O
spectrum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verizon	B-Application
Wireless	I-Application
will	O
use	O
the	O
upper	O
band	O
of	O
the	O
700MHz	O
spectrum	O
to	O
deploy	O
their	O
LTE	O
network	O
starting	O
on	O
Dec	O
5	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Professional	O
wireless	O
microphones	O
used	O
the	O
700MHz	O
band	O
until	O
2010	O
when	O
they	O
were	O
made	O
illegal	O
,	O
but	O
equipment	O
still	O
exists	O
in	O
use	O
that	O
may	O
interfere	O
with	O
3G	O
and	O
4G	B-Architecture
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
