Why don't they just say in the release that they spent $207M and got 514 licenses (or whatever the final number was). Instead they sort of dance around it:
"AT&T closed a $207 million acquisition of FiberTower"...this can be true and not have it include the licenses being returned
"the transaction provides it with a “significant footprint in the 39GHz band,”.....the "transaction" could be referencing the transaction outlined in the settlement agreement - and nobody has a clue what the details of that transaction are yet.
Why so vague? If it's a done deal, then spell it out.
All due respect...many of us here have been studying this situation for going on eight years or more. I doubt a beat writer who cranks out a 2000 word column everyday took a whole lot of care in doing their due diligence and proper research. I can assure you they know far less about what is going on here than we do. Especially when their primary source is the press release. They took the easy facts and ran with them to meet their quota.
Many thanks to Sandpaints for the contacts he has made and here's hoping they are able to do some real investigative journalism on behalf of all of us.
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