Analysts Consider Implications of Verizon's (VZ) Spectrum Sale, Sentiment Seems Mixed (CLWR) (S) (CMCSA)

Several analysts are out with comments on Verizon (NYSE: VZ) following news of an open sale for all of its 700-MHz A and B spectrum licenses. Verizon shares are down about 0.3 percent to $37.62 heading into the last hour or two of Wednesday's session.

An Oppenheimer analyst said the news should be negative for Sprint (NYSE: S), MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) and T-Mobile over the near term. Elsewhere, a Bernstein analyst said the development should be positive for T-Mobile, Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC) and a negative for Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR), Sprint and Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH).

The mixed analyst sentiment seems to mirror some investor confusion on the news Wednesday. Clearwire shares, as an example, plunged as much as 20 percent earlier, but have now bounced and are down about 9 percent.

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