Re: When Cingular divests AT&T, who gets the pieces?

In article <60c79690.0410130953.2d1c2a2a@posting.google.com >,
billradio@mountainaudio.com (Bill Radio) wrote:

> The FCC has implied that Cingular will have to give up spectrum in up
> to 10 markets to satisfy competitive concerns for the AT&T merger.
> Who would they most likely sell them to?


The highest bidder.

>
> It would smart to sell them to a "friendly" carrier who already had
> some 800 MHz operations, with GSM and TDMA. But those aren't the ones
> most likely to have the money. More likely to have enough cash are
> CDMA carriers.
>
> There could be companies that AT&T and Cingular owe money to, or share
> investments with, that could result in some low-cost swaps. Who needs
> some spectrum across the south and has the cash or something to swap
> for it? US Cellular? Dobson? Verizon might have the most to gain and
> the cash to pay for it, but I would image Cingular would call them
> last.
>
> Speculation that makes sense?