We've noted in recent weeks Wall Street analysts, trying to boost acquisition rumors and stock holdings, have been insisting AT&T needs to buy somebody really soon because they're desperate for spectrum. Except as spectrum holding audits show, AT&T is in a prime spectrum position (especially after the Qualcomm deal) -- they just need to use the spectrum they have more efficiently. Verizon's unsurprisingly in the driver's seat with an average of 62MHz of spectrum available in the top 100 markets after their huge cable spectrum deal. AT&T will be in just as good of shape once they start migrating users away from 2G networks:AT&T continues to insist that they needed to buy T-Mobile for spectrum despite the fact their own data showed otherwise. Except any network legroom problems are of AT&T's own making, something competitors and consumer advocates recently pointed out during T-Mobile deal hearings. Rumors AT&T needs to continue gobbling up competitors aren't real; AT&T just wants that spectrum because the more spectrum they hold, the less potential for competing services there is.