AT&T Studying Open-Access Auction Rules For Business Model

AT&T (NYSE: T) recognizes it needs more spectrum to keep up with the data demands of its customers, but hasn’t yet decided whether to bid on the spectrum in the upcoming auction which has open-access rules attached, reports ComputerWorld. “Calling the rules ‘interesting,’ AT&T’s CEO Randall Stephenson said the company is crunching numbers and analyzing business scenarios but hasn’t reached a conclusion yet…’Is there a business model there? I’m not sure if there is or not,’ he said at the Web 2.0 Summit”. AT&T is sure to be bidding in other parts of the auction though, despite the recent acquisition of spectrum via buying Aloha.

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