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Re: fcpgalltheway post# 3480

Wednesday, 07/06/2011 6:35:37 PM

Wednesday, July 06, 2011 6:35:37 PM

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They want that 1.4 SPECTRUM!! and TerreStar seems to own a HUGE! portion...

".. In this context, the history of the 1.4GHz spectrum is quite interesting. It was originally auctioned by the FCC in Auction 69 in Feb/Mar 2007 for a total of $123.6M, with half the spectrum acquired by Echostar (through Port LLC) and half the spectrum acquired by CCTV Wireless (backed by Columbia Capital). In spring 2008, TerreStar purchased Echostar’s share of the 1.4GHz spectrum in exchange for 30M shares of common stock (valued then at ~$140M), while Harbinger bought the remaining 1.4GHz spectrum from CCTV Wireless for $212.5M, before contributing the spectrum to TerreStar in exchange for non-voting Junior Preferred Shares convertible into 30M share of common stock. Jefferies provided a fairness opinion at that time, and TerreStar suggested that the spectrum could be used in combination with its satellite spectrum “to service projected demand in the machine-to-machine market” and that it contemplated using the 1.4GHz spectrum “to enter the emerging femtocell market by alleviating spectrum interference issues”.

http://tmfassociates.com/blog/2010/08/31/untangling-the-mystery-of-the-1-4ghz-spectrum/

GLTA!!
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