The FCC Wireless Bureau agreed with AT&T that...
The FCC Wireless Bureau agreed with AT&T that since it no longer has ties to Latin American carrier América Móvil, it need not continue to honor transaction commitments made five years ago. In 2009, as part of its purchase of…
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Centennial, AT&T agreed to operate Centennial’s CDMA network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for 18 months after the closing and to limit dealings with Mexico’s América Móvil. AT&T notified the FCC in July it had sold its stake in América Móvil and no longer has any relationship with the company (http://bit.ly/1jjtw0s). AT&T told the commission it was required to file notice as a condition of a November 2009 order approving AT&T’s buy of Centennial (http://bit.ly/1waibQG). AT&T asked that the bureau conclude that the changes are sufficient to deem the América Móvil commitments “null and void.” The Wireless Bureau did so in the Friday letter to AT&T posted in docket 08-246 (http://bit.ly/1okNPaY).