AT&T finalises EchoStar Spectrum purchase

AT&T recently completed a $23 billion acquisition of spectrum assets from EchoStar , the company went on to highlight an enhanced ability to meet emerging AI use cases and an expected improvement in 5G capacity across the U.S. Closing the deal struck in August 2025 and approved by the US Federal Communications Commission in May adds around 50MHz of spectrum covering almost every region in the US. The purchase comprises 30MHz of nationwide spectrum in the 3.45GHz band and around 20MHz in the 600M