AT&T Seeks To Buy 11 700 MHz Licenses From Bluegrass
The FCC released documents Monday on the proposed sale of 11 700 MHz licenses by Bluegrass to AT&T. The licenses, four in the B-block and seven in the C-block, cover parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, the FCC said. Bluegrass…
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doesn't have any customers using the spectrum, the agency said. The FCC established a pleading cycle. Petitions to deny are due Oct. 26, oppositions Nov. 2 and replies Nov. 9. “The Applicants maintain that the proposed transaction would provide AT&T with additional spectrum that would enable it to increase its system capacity to enhance existing services, better accommodate its overall growth, and facilitate the provision of additional products and services in eight Cellular Market Areas,” the FCC said. As a result of the deal, AT&T would be assigned 12 to 24 MHz of spectrum in a total in 51 counties, the agency said. “Post-transaction, AT&T would hold 103 to 165 megahertz of spectrum in total, including 43 to 55 megahertz of below-1-GHz spectrum, in these eight CMAs.” Under FCC spectrum aggregation rules, the deal would be subject to increased scrutiny because of AT&T’s low-band holdings in seven of the CMAs. The FCC sent questions to both carriers. Bluegrass was asked in a letter whether it explored selling the spectrum to a carrier other than AT&T. AT&T was asked to provide detail information on its build-out plans, including how it will use the spectrum to offer a “10x10 megahertz LTE network, on a standalone basis and/or in conjunction with any other of the Company’s spectrum holdings.”