Close the acquisition of spectrum licenses from EchoStar
Delivered after the deadline (28 days after the deadline)
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- Announced
- 26 Aug 2025
- Due
- 30 Jun 2026
- Delivered
- 28 Jul 2026
- Deadline
- Met
- Late
- Not met
- Today
What the company said
“The transaction is expected to close in mid-2026, subject to certain closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.”
What we found
Evidence strength A What the grades mean
AT&T closed the EchoStar spectrum license acquisition on July 28, 2026, about four weeks after the June 30, 2026 deadline. A July 22 filing had already expected closing by end of July.
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A At&T Inc. 10-Q filed 2026-07-22
“We expect to close this transaction by the end of July 2026” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A At&T Inc. 8-K filed 2026-07-28
“AT&T (NYSE:T) has closed its previously announced transaction to acquire certain wireless spectrum licenses from EchoStar” ✓ confirmed on the page
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A At&T Inc. 8-K filed 2026-07-28
“AT&T Closes Acquisition of Spectrum Licenses from EchoStar” ✓ confirmed on the page
Market reaction: the shares moved -5.3% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (27 Jul 2026 to 30 Jul 2026). What this measures
Checked 10 Oct 2026.
Commitment DNA
The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.
- Event type
- Acquisition close
- Indicative materiality
- High rules
- Action
- Close
- Deliverable
- Spectrum licenses purchase from EchoStar
- Where
- United States
- Language
- Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
- In the company’s control
- Low
- Specificity
- Medium
- Conditional
- Yes: subject to certain closing conditions; including regulatory approvals
- Depends on
- Regulatory, Counterparty
How this entry was checked
- Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
- First checkAn AI model, Claude (Anthropic), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
- Second check: agreesA different AI model, Gemini (Google), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
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