08/09/2011
Giga Om
The Federal Communications Commission said it would combine the review of AT&T’s purchase of spectrum from Qualcomm with the agency’s review of Ma Bell’s purchase of T-Mobile. The FCC’s decision on Monday night could be seen as the agency taking a careful view of consolidating so much spectrum in the hands of one company, [...]
05/16/2011
FierceBroadbandWireless
As the FCC mulls AT&T’s (NYSE:T) proposed $1.93-billion acquisition of Qualcomm’s (NASDAQ:QCOM) 700 MHz spectrum Qualcomm had used for its now-defunct MediaFLO mobile TV effort, representatives from the FCC, Qualcomm and AT&T visited AT&T’s Innovation Center in Washington, D.C. to witness a demonstration of carrier aggregation technology, which AT&T plans to deploy in the MediaFLO [...]
04/28/2011
Hill, The
AT&T said Wednesday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should leave its merger review separate from a process examining another spectrum acquisition.
Public interest groups and wireless companies who oppose the AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile are arguing the agency should combine its review of AT&T’s proposal to acquire Qualcomm spectrum with its review of [...]
04/25/2011
Associated Press (AP)
In this product image provided by AT&T, shows their “Fly Away” Remote Mobility Zone, which is effectively a small cell tower that packs into a suitcase. The satellite dish is carried separately. The generator, in red, is provided by the user, not AT&T. For the first time, AT&T is selling small, portable cellular [...]
04/21/2011
Wall Street Journal – Washington DC Bureau
WASHINGTON–AT&T Inc. told the Federal Communications Commission Thursday that the company’s $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile USA will “promote, not diminish competition” in the U.S. wireless market.
In a 381-page application seeking FCC approval for the transaction, AT&T said the deal was in the best interests of consumers [...]
30/2011
Dow Jones Newswires
Several state attorneys general raised concerns about AT&T Inc.’s planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said he will put AT&T’s proposed deal under a “thorough review” for any potential impact on the state’s wireless competition.
Mr. Schneiderman is the first attorney general to announce [...]
03/30/2011
Bloomberg News
AT&T Inc. (T) Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson, making his case for a proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, said the tie-up would improve Apple Inc. (AAPL) iPhone service and could reduce overseas roaming charges.
The merger would improve AT&T’s network capacity by about 30 percent, Stephenson said at an event at the [...]
03/22/2011
Bloomberg News
Dan Hesse, chief executive officer of Sprint Nextel Corp.
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse said the company plans to submit its concerns over AT&T Inc. (T)’s proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA to Congress, saying the deal hurts the wireless industry.
The combined entity would have “tremendous” power, Hesse said in an [...]
03/17/2011
RCR Wireless
The big wireless players may not be making any fuss yet, but a group of smaller carriers, organizations and Dish Network Corp. have filed petitions with the Federal Communications Commission to block AT&T Mobility’s purchase of 700 MHz spectrum from Qualcomm Inc.
Cellular South Inc., the Rural Cellular Association and Dish Network each filed [...]
03/14/2011
San Diego Union-Tribune
Consumer groups have asked federal regulators to block Qualcomm’s proposed sale of wireless spectrum from its failed Flo TV service to AT&T.
The groups claim that AT&T and Verizon Wireless dominate the mobile broadband market in the U.S. and selling the spectrum would further increase AT&T’s market power.
“Today’s filing calls upon the [...]
