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Turkey's broadcasting authority, meanwhile, issued a 10-day airwave ban on opposition-supporting channel Sozcu TV, the station said.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Starry has airwave licenses to offer wireless Internet service in dozens of cities beyond the seven metro areas it’s in currently.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
Since 1994, the FCC has raised more than $207.5 billion in airwave auctions.
—Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
So Vestberg had to spend big at the most recent government auction of airwave licenses.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 3 May 2021
Verizon spent more than $45 billion and AT&T spent $23 billion at a recent government auction of airwave licenses similarly well suited for 5G, though the spectrum won't be available for about a year or more.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021
Ergen's company has held some airwave licenses for years without building a network.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2021
The service runs in the 600 MHz airwave band, which was formerly used for television broadcasts.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2019
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Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Starry has airwave licenses to offer wireless Internet service in dozens of cities beyond the seven metro areas it’s in currently.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
Since 1994, the FCC has raised more than $207.5 billion in airwave auctions.
—Thomas Gryta, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021
So Vestberg had to spend big at the most recent government auction of airwave licenses.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 3 May 2021
Verizon spent more than $45 billion and AT&T spent $23 billion at a recent government auction of airwave licenses similarly well suited for 5G, though the spectrum won't be available for about a year or more.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2021
Ergen's company has held some airwave licenses for years without building a network.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2021
The service runs in the 600 MHz airwave band, which was formerly used for television broadcasts.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2019
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“Airwave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airwave. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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airwave
noun
air·wave
-ˌwāv 
: air entry 1 sense 7a
—usually used in plural
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