FCC Approves AT&T Buy of 700 MHz License in Alabama
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved AT&T’s buy of a single lower 700 MHz C-block license covering one local market area in Alabama from Farmers Telecommunications. The transaction received enhanced scrutiny because it gives AT&T more than one-third of low-band spectrum…
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available in the market, the bureau said Monday. “After carefully evaluating the likely competitive effects of AT&T’s increased aggregation of below-1-GHz spectrum, we find that the ability of rival service providers to offer a competitive response to any anticompetitive behavior on the part of AT&T is unlikely to be materially lessened in Alabama 2 -- Jackson,” the order said. “Further, we find that the record provides general support for the Applicants’ claims of potential public interest benefits.”