Here are maps of who bought what, and where, in the recent AWS-3 spectrum auction

With all the talk of how the proceeds of this auction far surpassed estimates, how AT&T spent the most amount of money for the biggest blocks of spectrum, and how one entity or another secured a certain number of licenses and a certain number of POPs, sometimes you just want to see how it all looks on a map. Analysts at Credit Suisse and Wiley Rein did just that, and the lay of the land is, well colorful.



AT&T had to go in big on this auction for a few reasons, one was to ensure it could get the biggest return for its money and regain spectrum it had to give up to T-Mobile after ...