AT&T agrees to buy spectrum from rival
Deal with Verizon worth $1.9 billion
Posted: January 26, 2013 at 3:17 a.m.
An AT&T salesman demonstrates a mobile phone at an AT&T store in Chicago. AT&T has agreed to buy the rights to airwaves from Verizon Wireless to bolster its network.
AT&T Inc., the second biggest U.S. wireless carrier, has agreed to acquire the rights to a section of the radio spectrum from larger rival Verizon Wireless for $1.9 billion, helping to bolster its network in a region that covers 42 million people.
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