"The recently announced acquisition of licenses and spectrum in the Ch. 54, 55 & 59 C and D Blocks within the lower 700 MHz band by AT&T from Aloha Partners LP has allowed AT&T to pre-empt the upcoming FCC Auction 73 scheduled for early 2008," says founder and President, Earl Lum.

"For only $2.5 billion, AT&T has managed to purchase enough spectrum to put all other potential bidders, including Google, for Auction 73 at a disadvantage in both pops covered, spectrum and deployment timeline, and furthermore, the price of the deal is nearly half of the pre set reserve for the C block at $4.6 billion," says Lum. An analysis of this transaction is available on the company s website.

"An important question that remains unknown is will AT&T deploy WiMAX at both 700MHz and 2.5GHz or use this new spectrum for existing GSM/HSPA services?" says Lum.