AT&T-Tampnet-Broadpoint Transaction Accepted for Filing Public Notice

AT&T, Tampnet, and Broadpoint have filed applications seeking approval of a number of license assignments and long-term de facto transfer spectrum leases, as well as issuance of an international section 214 authorization to Tampnet. The subject licenses cover the Gulf of Mexico. The Applicants maintain that the proposed transaction would provide Tampnet with sufficient spectrum that would enable it to deploy offshore LTE in the Gulf of Mexico. The Applicants assert that the proposed transaction also would allow AT&T to provide better coverage for customers and eliminate burdens associated with frequency coordination and interference consents in the coastal areas around the Gulf of Mexico.

The assignment and long-term de facto transfer spectrum leasing applications have been found, upon initial review, to be acceptable for filing. The FCC reserves the right to return any application if, upon further examination, it is determined to be defective and not in conformance with the FCC’s rules or policies. Interested parties must file petitions to deny no later than November 23, 2015.