The FCC received a request this week to transfer T-Mobile’s licenses to AT&T. By requesting to transfer T-Mobile’s licenses to AT&T, the companies kick off the FCC’s review of the deal. The FCC will consider whether combining AT&T’s and T-Mobile’s wireless licenses will comply with the agency’s regulations. Both the FCC and the Department of Justice will also consider how combining the licenses will affect competition. This FCC filing brings to light one approach that AT&T…
AT&T just announced that they will purchase T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. This transaction – even after the FCC and DOJ force significant divestitures – will make AT&T the largest wireless carrier in the United States. This will leave AT&T, Verizon (NYSE:VZ), and Sprint (NYSE:S) as the big three wireless carriers in the domestic U.S. market.The wireless industry will have 12 months to figure out the implications of this deal, but it will…
Summary: Right at the pitch of the anti-LightSquared fervor, the FCC approved LightSquared’s plan to deploy 4G services. As I predicted, the concerns of government agencies and other carriers about the potential for LightSquared transmissions to interfere with GPS antennas were dismissed by the FCC. LightSquared is free to deploy its nationwide 4G network. Now the real work begins. Analysis: Several government agencies, including the Department of Defense, formally communicated their concerns about GPS interference from…
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