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AT&T said it’s buying 49 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum...

AT&T said it’s buying 49 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses from Aloha Partners. AT&T didn’t give the financial terms of the deal, which it said is meant to help the carrier “stay ahead of soaring demand for mobile Internet services.”…

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The AWS licenses being acquired cover 50 million people across 14 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. AT&T said Tuesday it anticipates it will complete the deal in the second half of 2014 (http://soc.att.com/1dt21bw). Verizon disclosed Monday a $3.3 billion 700 MHz A block spectrum sale to T-Mobile US (CD Jan 7 p1).