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...move to digital from analog signals in early 2009. As expected, the list of qualified bidders also included U.S. wireless providers AT&T and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, as well as ventures...

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...auction at this time, so we'll go forward with it no matter what." Potential bidders in the auction include U.S. wireless providers AT&T and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone, as well as Internet...

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...Allen's Vulcan Spectrum company. AT&T did not disclose financial terms of the deal, but a spokesperson did indicate that the spectrum will be used to meet customer demand in those regions and help AT&T with its transition to LTE in the future.

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...which has not yet been approved by the FCC, is not disclosed. A unit of AT&T called Mobility II is acquiring the licenses from Allen's Vulcan Spectrum, based in Seattle. The spectrum covers airwaves in the 700 megahertz frequency...

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...is expected to come online later this year). Interestingly, Verizon -- a competitor to both AT&T and Clearwire -- started testing its own long-term evolution network in Seattle last month. As far as we can tell, Allen never did anything...

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...of financing. Still, the auction begins with 214 qualified bidders, including AT&T (T), Verizon Wireless (VZ), Google (GOOG), EchoStar Communications (DISH), Qualcomm (QCOM) and even Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. As this will be a...

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...company in the past 10 years, according to Bloomberg. CFO.com dubbed Charter "The Great Junk Hope" as early as 2001, when the company purchased a handful of cable systems from AT&T. Charter lost about $1.6 billion in 2007 and nearly...

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...as part of the digital transition. As the nation's two largest telecom carriers, AT&T and Verizon have planned all along to bid for the spectrum to expand their voice and broadband offerings. But, a year ago, no one would have expected...

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...but the money is probably much needed by Mr. Allen following the bankruptcy of Charter Communications, which he controlled, and AT&T will be pleased to extend their holdings in Oregon and Washington. The spectrum wasn't part of last...

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