U.S. Cellular would consider acquiring A- and B-Block licenses from...
U.S. Cellular would consider acquiring A- and B-Block licenses from Verizon Wireless as part of a divestiture, it told FCC Wireless Bureau officials last week, said an ex parte filing posted Friday (http://xrl.us/bm69ji). Verizon’s proposed sale of A-Block licenses “holds…
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the potential for positive impact on the Band 12 ecosystem,” U.S. Cellular said. An acquisition of licenses by AT&T, along with a commitment to build a Band Class 12 network, would have a positive impact on the competitive handset ecosystem, as would a decision by Verizon to build out those same A-Block licenses, the carrier said. On Thursday, Verizon Wireless hand-delivered to the FCC all the documents it had given the Department of Justice regarding its second request in the purchase of AWS licenses from SpectrumCo and Cox, according to an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/bm69i4). FCC staff had requested the supplemental production, and agreed to temporarily designate the documents “highly confidential” until Verizon Wireless downgrades some of the documents to “confidential” or “public,” pending the results of the carrier’s own document review. Public Knowledge challenged the “highly confidential” designation of certain portions of the Joint Operating Entity agreement between Verizon Wireless and SpectrumCo, arguing the governance structure of the JOE is “critical to assessing the public interest impacts of the proposed transactions; understanding the connections between the Applicants’ spectrum, marketing, resale, and JOE agreements; and determining whether the JOE will establish the basis for a future cartel between its members” (http://xrl.us/bm69i6).