Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Huge Blow to AT&T Proposed Merger with T-Mobile

Department of Justice Sues to Block AT&T Merger with T-Mobile

The US Department of Justice filed a federal action on August 30, 2011 in a recent attempt to block the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger currently pending before the Federal Communications Commission.

AT&T released a statement in which is promised to
vigorously contest this matter in court.
I find that highly unlikely. I believe that AT&T and T-Mobile will do almost anything to restructure the deal to appease the Justice Department. AT&T needs this merger to enable it to compete with Verizon Wireless and its LTE (i.e. 4G) service being rolled out in more markets each and every day.





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