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AT&T Proposes Spectrum Buys From Smaller Carriers in Missouri

The FCC set up a pleading cycle on AT&T’s proposed buy of lower 700 MHz C-block licenses from Grand River and Green Hills in Missouri. “Applicants maintain that the proposed transaction would provide AT&T with additional spectrum that would enable…

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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 Cellular Market Area (CMA) 507 (Missouri 4 -- De Kalb),” said a Wednesday public notice. Petitions to deny are due Dec. 28, oppositions Jan. 4, replies Jan. 11. The FCC asked AT&T and the two companies for additional information. AT&T was asked in a letter about plans “to provide high-quality, high-speed wireless broadband services prior to the Proposed Transactions, including a detailed description of the Company’s current and planned deployment of LTE, which identifies the spectrum bands and the total amount of spectrum used for LTE deployment.”