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AT&T (T) continues its spectrum-buying binge by acquiring 700 MHz.-band spectrum from...
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Friday, January 25, 10:56 AM ETAT&T (T) continues its spectrum-buying binge by acquiring 700 MHz.-band spectrum from Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) in exchange for $1.9B and higher-frequency spectrum. The licenses AT&T is buying cover 42M people in 18 states, and will be used to deploy 4G services. The deal comes shortly after AT&T agreed to buy ATN's wireless ops and spectrum, and received an FCC green light to buy 2.3 GHz. spectrum from NextWave and others. Verizon agreed to sell a large chunk of 700 MHz. licenses in exchange for receiving FCC approval for its cable spectrum purchases.
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now we have how many bands ???
AT&T 4/17
Verizon 13
Sprint 25
Rest of the world 1/3/5/7 (primarily)
See if Qualcomm needs to eventually release a 10-band global LTE chip