Nearly $3 Trillion in Market Cap is interested in 5G. ATT , Verizon, Comcast, Google, Time Warner, Sprint, Tmobile, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Americant Tower, Crown Castle, SBA Comm , and Others.
The licensed spectrum and infrastructure is the backbone of delivering 5G to the densely populated areas. That spectrum will be needed well in advance of the court dates as the planning will need to take place years in advance. Fibertower essentially played the card of controlling the access to the spectrum and locking it up until 2019. They may still get it in the end but something will need to happen to free it up well in advance of those court dates. That something is $$$ to Fibertower and FCC to settle and free it up.
