FCC Restarts AT&T-Qualcomm Shot Clock

On August 8, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission stopped its informal 180-day clock for review of AT&T’s acquisition of Qualcomm spectrum licenses. The FCC had decided to evaluate the relationship between this deal and AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile and consider the two deals in a coordinated manner. On November 29, 2011, AT&T and T-Mobile withdrew their applications for that deal, so the FCC has restarted the AT&T-Qualcomm clock as of Nov 29.