To offer a phone that works on Verizon network, Apple will have to build a phone based on a different wireless standard than the iPhone uses now.

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The Supreme Court, however, applied a new standard, she said, based on a different area of law.

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As carriers around the world transition to the higher-speed 4G LTE standard, they are doing so on the back of about 40 different LTE bands that are based on a variety of spectrum frequencies.

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