By selectively choosing where to offer service, AT&T would engage in corporate abandonment that puts entire communities at risk.” ...

AT&T will spend $23 billion to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar, a significant expansion of AT&T’s ...

EchoStar had been seeking to shield its cache of wireless spectrum licenses from the threat of revocation by the FCC.

AT&T said on Tuesday it will purchase key wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar for about $23 billion, as the the US telecom provider seeks to boost its network in a competitive market.