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AT&T Deploying More 700 MHz Spectrum in Key Markets

AT&T is “quietly” deploying a 10 MHz block of 700 MHz spectrum in New York and other markets to add capacity and increase download speeds, and that could be good for Dish Network, BTIG analyst Walter Piecyk wrote Friday. AT&T…

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owns the D- and E-blocks in markets including New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but in other markets only controls one of the blocks, he said. “Interestingly, Dish owns the adjacent block” in most other markets “which positions them well for a spectrum swap that would generate tangible value for AT&T,” Piecyk wrote. The band represents 4 percent of Dish’s considerable spectrum holdings and BTIG sets its value at $969 million, after tax.