Comments on: AT&T Buys 700 MHz Spectrum Licenses http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Qualcomm Shutters FLO TV, Sells AT& T The Spectrum for $1.9 Billion: Tech News « http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-555136 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:29:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-555136 [...] FLO TV, Qualcomm’s mobile video network, is on its way into becoming a footnote in the mobile history. It is expected to be shut down in March 2011.The San Diego-based chip maker is selling the 700 MHz spectrum that propped up the nationwide mobile video network to AT&T for $1.925 billion, the company announced this morning. AT&T said that is going to use the spectrum to bolster its next generation wireless broadband efforts. This is not the first time AT&T has bought the 700 MHz spectrum, the key to its LTE (Long Term Evolution) strategy – in 2007 they spent $2.5 billion on spectrum owned by Aloha Partners. [...]

]]> By: AT&T Explains Its 700 MHz Spectrum Strategy - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182120 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:39:55 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182120 [...] spectrum but opted instead to pay more for that of the B-Block, which complements the slice they bought from Aloha Partners, according to AT&T Wireless President and CEO Ralph de la [...]

]]> By: Jorge Ortiz http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182119 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:07:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182119 Advanced Wireless spectrum is in the 1,710 to 1,755 MHz and 2,110 to 2,155-MHz bands… Not 700 MHz…

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182118 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:51:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182118 Om, there was never any doubt that the A and B blocks were going for over $1/pop/MHz. After all, the FCC valued that 1.9 GHz spectrum they swapped to Nextel at close to $2/pop/MHz. I’d be surprised if the A block doesn’t fetch similar numbers. Also, wasn’t AT&T one of the financiers behind Aloha Partners, anyway. I swear they were backed by the old AT&T Wireless. In reality, this may be a bit of an accounting move.

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182117 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:43:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182117 Dylan, you skipped a step. We are talking the price per pop/MHz. So take your $12.5/pop and divide that by 12MHz. You and up with $1.04/pop/MHz which is just a rounding error away from Om’s $1.06 . . .

]]> By: Dylan Oliver http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182116 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:50:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182116 Unless my math is really suffering, $2.5 billion divided by 196 million people is $12.50 per person. Granted, most of it is in major markets. The spectrum just sold by Aloha was originally purchased in auction for about $43 million plus $10 million (Cavalier) plus $5 million (DataCom). The average per-person price in the original auction was about $0.50.

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Dylan Oliver
Primaverity LLC

]]> By: GeraldZ http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182115 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:48:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/10/09/att-buys-700-mhz-spectrum-licenses/#comment-182115 Wireless internet will become the backbone of this country’s communication infrastructure. Basic internet access will be the extent of ATT’s future.

No more need for cellular networks, cable, satellite, fiber optic . . .

http://www.InternetTvTalk.com

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