Fcc Approves At&t's $1.9B Purchase Of Qualcomm's 700Mhz Spectrum

[Spartan]

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Christmas has come early to the execs at AT&T, who are likely celebrating the FCC's 3-1 approval to [url="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/20/atandt-buys-qualcomms-flo-tv-spectrum-for-a-cool-1-9b-promises/"]purchase Qualcomm's block[/url] of the 700MHz spectrum for $1.9 billion. The news comes as a bittersweet victory for Ma Bell, whose efforts to acquire T-Mobile [url="http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/atandt-abandons-t-mobile-merger-plans/"]turned sour[/url] earlier this year. Qualcomm's block of the airwaves, once used to facilitate [url="http://www.engadget.com/tag/flotv"]FLO TV[/url], now sits unused. Once the acquisition is complete, AT&T will use the new share of spectrum to increase download capacity for its burgeoning LTE network.

For the FCC's part, it has approved the deal with only a few stipulations: AT&T will be required to satisfy interference requirements and must offer data roaming to its competitors on the spectrum. That's not to suggest [i]everyone's[/i] pleased, however. Rural cellular providers asked that, as part of the deal, AT&T must ensure that its LTE network is interoperable with the bands used by smaller networks. Sadly, the FCC has denied this request, ostensibly limiting the little guy from receiving Ma Bell's hand-me-downs.

[b][i]Update:[/i][/b] AT&T has gone ahead and released a wee bit of celebratory PR, which we're including after the break. Most importantly, it expects to wrap up the finer details in the next few days.

[k2s]

final ga konnada leda ???

[Gachibowli_Diwakar]

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final ga konnada leda ???
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e deal kuda rakapothe ..inka nethina gudda veskuni .. chalo pakistan aney vadu ga

[k2s]

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e deal kuda rakapothe ..inka nethina gudda veskuni .. chalo pakistan aney vadu ga
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ila naa [img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9JDo24Z5ZMw/TVPyOwf1nHI/AAAAAAAAA6A/SxSBJNWJ3aQ/s400/keka puttinchav ga.png[/img]

[PMREDDY19]

Hmm kaani T-mobile bid Dobbeyyatam valla,

maa EMC vaadi projects chaala rod apaddayi ani ninna maa PM cheppadu , maa paatha Architect okadu akkadiki velladu
e AT &T T-mobile kalayika pani meeda

kaani adhi Dobbindhi ani telisi maa vaaadu ippduud holidays ki poyaadu..

[hitandrunn]

ikka da RF enginners avaraina vunna ra