Update (September 2026): The T-Mobile acquisition of UScellular operations closed on August 1, 2025, and the AT&T spectrum purchase described below has also closed. The original post follows for reference.
Following recent deals with T-Mobile and Verizon, UScellular has now reached an agreement with AT&T to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses.
UScellular agreed to sell spectrum to AT&T for approximately $1.02 billion.
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$232 million allocated to 700 MHz license
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Contingencies based on the T-Mobile / UScellular sale going through
Two sales and one potential future sale (UScellular’s 4,500 cell towers) were contingent on approval of UScellular’s sale of operations and select spectrum assets to T-Mobile. That transaction closed on August 1, 2025.
