FCC Bureau Authorizes AT&T to Take Control of FiberTower Licenses
The FCC Wireless Bureau authorized AT&T to take control of 39 GHz licenses as part of its buy of FiberTower. Last month, the bureau approved a settlement with FiberTower that made the transfer possible (see 1801290055). AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson…
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later said the licenses are critical to AT&T’s 5G plans (see 1801310074). “After carefully evaluating the likely competitive effects of the proposed transfer of control, we find that the likelihood of any competitive harms is low,” the bureau said Thursday. “AT&T’s post-transaction spectrum holdings across the 39 GHz bands do not raise any competitive concerns in light of the current state of the marketplace and our millimeter wave spectrum holdings threshold, as recently revised in the Spectrum Frontiers Second Report and Order.” The bureau dismissed objections by the Competitive Carriers Association, T-Mobile and others, finding "no evidence in the record to support a finding that the transaction will result in potential public interest harms.” CCA and T-Mobile didn’t comment.