The US telco has agreed to acquire the New York-listed mmWave spectrum bank in an all-share deal for $1.25 billion, a 162.1 per cent premium to the company’s total market value prior to the deal. Read more...

The US operator's recent trial was with an unspecified business customer on a simulated network. Read more...

If, and it’s a big if, AT&T’s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA goes ahead, it will not only leapfrog Verizon to become the country’s leading mobile network operator but also hold by far the largest balanced portfolio of spectrum of any operator. Read more...

With the results of America’s 'hundred-year auction' now known it's good news for the Treasury and the two dominant telcos, but for consumers it's more of the same with no guarantee of increased competition in the broadband market. Read more...

The consensus amongst US analysts is that this week's US$2.5bn buyout of Aloha Partners' 12MHz block of 700MHz spectrum by AT&T has major ramifications for January’s auction of a much larger chunk of the same band. Read more...