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story category AT&T Offloads Spectrum To Clearwire
$300 million sale, as per merger agreement
(old news - 02:30PM Tuesday Feb 20 2007)
tags: wireless · telco
AT&T today announced that the company sold all 2.5 GHz spectrum currently licensed to, or leased by, BellSouth ($300 million worth) to Clearwire, a WiMax provider. The sale included both EBS (Education Broadband Service) and BRS (Broadband Radio Service) spectrum, according to the press release and was required as a condition of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth.

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b10010011
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Will this mean expanded coverage for Clear Wire?

Just wondering if this will mean better coverage or faster speeds for Clearwire?
truocchio

join:2004-07-05
Miami Beach, FL

Re: Will this mean expanded coverage for Clear Wire?

Looks to be just more licensed areas they can provide service in. They already have licenses to that spectrum where they are serving customers now. So this will not directly improve service/speed but will allow them to grow their footprint.

However it may boost their stock price for their impending IPO.

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said by b10010011 See Profile :

Just wondering if this will mean better coverage or faster speeds for Clearwire?
Clearwire didn't spend that money just to sit on the spectrum forever. I expect they will use it to roll out their services to more areas.
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Michieru2
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Re: Will this mean expanded coverage for Clear Wire?

This is funny because if I remember correctly Sprint-Nextel plans to roam off current Clearwire network's and provide there own coverage as well.

I smell something fishy, possible merger of Sprint-Nextel & Clearwire???
hottboiinnc
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Re: Will this mean expanded coverage for Clear Wire?

if not a merger maybe a joint venture with the two.
brianiscool

join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL

hmm

More money for the AT&T CEO?
smcallah

join:2004-08-05
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Re: hmm

That's a given.

Even if he were fired, his golden parachute would certainly leave him rolling in money.

morbo
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Re: hmm

isn't there a point where the golden parachute is so heavy that it falls to the ground killing the occupant instantly?

beautiful dream, ain't it?
brianiscool

join:2000-08-16
Miami, FL

Re: hmm

lol

Bet he is putting in a golf course in his back yard now.
w4ncr

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More money for the AT&T oh yes !
RadioDoc
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What is wrong with you? These posts just keep getting more and more vacuous.

You can pretty much bet Ed won't see any of that 300 million.
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Re: hmm

He will see it in his share holdings go up.

John Galt
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I Wonder...

...how much spectrum Craig McCaw controls now?

That long-term leasing thing is really working out for them. It keeps them under the regulators radar...
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SD6

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Best Thing to Come Out of Merger

...something that actually fosters competition. With Sprint seemingly going ahead, WiMax might actually show up in 2008
desreversti

join:2002-09-03
San Antonio, TX

Re: Best Thing to Come Out of Merger

said by SD6 See Profile :

...something that actually fosters competition. With Sprint seemingly going ahead, WiMax might actually show up in 2008
Or perhaps even near the end of this year! (Or so goes the possibility according some articles I have read).

I hope that Sprint does not blow it and goes with their $55 a month for multiple devices. If they roll it out correctly, then they could have a winning product on-hand. They current have inexpensive wireless data as far as it goes in the cellular sector.
SD6

join:2005-03-26

Re: Best Thing to Come Out of Merger

Sprint/Nextel will test WiMax in DC and Chicago later this year but that means little to average customer.
WarmCoke

join:2007-01-31
Boise, ID
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Good for Clearwire

As a satisfied Clearwire customer in Idaho - I am happy to see the company expanding and getting more spectrum. AT&T's recent merger ended up benefiting Clearwire quite a bit it seems. WiMax is going to work (and work well I predict) at delivering wireless broadband to many parts of this country.

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You will pay more.

This is B.S. If you have ten providers with ten sets of equipment, workers and the most expensive CEO's how are you going to get it cheaper?

Is anything cheep and universe?
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