LA PLATA, Maryland — AT&T Chief Executive John Stankey said satellite direct-to-device (D2D) might one day compete with terrestrial wireless in certain markets but that the 40 MHz of spectrum available to D2D in the United States is a long way from the more than 300 MHz of spectrum held by terrestrial wireless operators.
In Sept. 9 remarks at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, Stankey said his company spent $23 billion on EchoStar Corp. midband spectrum because the alternative was EchoStar filing for . . .
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