The FCC approved AT&T’s buy of 13 broadband PCS licenses...
The FCC approved AT&T’s buy of 13 broadband PCS licenses in five cellular market areas in rural Arkansas from NEATT. Eight of the licenses were part of the operating units the agency required AT&T’s predecessor to divest as a condition…
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of Cingular’s buy of AT&T Wireless in 2004, said the order (http://xrl.us/bnh24g). Cingular eventually became AT&T Mobility, following AT&T’s buy of BellSouth. “After examining the special circumstances due to the changes in the marketplace since 2004, as well as the current competitive conditions in the relevant markets, we find that it is unlikely that there would be competitive harm if we allow AT&T to reacquire the broadband PCS licenses at issue and that it is in the public interest to allow the assignment,” the commission said. “AT&T’s post-transaction spectrum holdings in the five relevant markets range from 63 to 78 megahertz in total, with the maximum holdings being below one-third of the total spectrum that is suitable and available in the near term for the provision of mobile telephony/broadband services.” In 2004 “total spectrum suitable and available for the provision of wireless telephony/broadband services” was about 200 MHz in most markets, the order noted. “Today, however, more than double that amount of spectrum is suitable and available for the provision of mobile wireless services."