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AT&T and Qualcomm Seek FCC Approval for Spectrum Sale

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Don't do it, FCC!

muchdrama

Feb 9, 2011, 10:00 PM
AT&T and Verizon owning the majority of 700 MHz spectrum in the States? Not good.
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Azeron

Feb 10, 2011, 12:29 AM
A little late. Verizon already has enough spectrum to blanket the continent. AT&T will argue foul if they are denied.
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muchdrama

Feb 10, 2011, 12:30 AM
Azeron said:
A little late. Verizon already has enough spectrum to blanket the continent. AT&T will argue foul if they are denied.


They're just biding time until VerizATT can be formed.
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pickles

Feb 10, 2011, 5:06 PM
technically, the 2 spectrum blocks are currently being used for the "flotv" service that at&t offers. flo is ditching the tv service, so at&t is snapping up the spectrum from qualcomm to use it for LTE.
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Hitur Petar

Feb 11, 2011, 1:05 PM
Why not? They are both old Bell companies and all of the former Bells seem to just keep merging back into the same old monopoly. Guess Sprint will soon be back in the exact same position they were in when they first took on Bell and out smarted them in the process.
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JeffroPuff

Feb 22, 2011, 5:45 PM
Who did Sprint outsmart? Not really sure who... Bell? No... I think antitrust legislation outsmarted them. 🤣

But I do take a good point out of you snarky-as-always comment. Sprint is the #1 carrier in the country in terms of total subs, and revenue, and network because they outsmarted Verizon and AT&T and have shown record gains year over year! Hold on... they've been slowly crawling out of the gutter after crapping their pants on a colossal level? Oh. my bad, my bad...
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