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Breaking News: AT&T to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39 billion
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article published on 20 March, 2011
AT&T has announced today that it will purchase T-Mobile USA from parent Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion, in a cash and stock transaction.
With the major acquisition, AT&T will add a significant amount of market share and better compete against Verizon, the market leader in the U.S. for mobile phone users.
AT&T says it will expand its 4G LTE to 95 percent of the American population, ... [ read the full article ]
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20. March 2011 @ 14:50 |
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I guess I can kiss my unlimited data package goodbye. RIP T-Mobile
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20. March 2011 @ 14:52 |
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Lol I read...
'AT&T to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39'!!
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20. March 2011 @ 15:32 |
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This would be great news if it April 1st.
I couldn't find anything that said the merger was approved by shareholders and/or the FCC but I doubt either one would block this. :-(
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20. March 2011 @ 15:37 |
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A victory for the dark side of the Force ? :(
Analysts doubts:
It would lead to higher prices, fewer choices and less innovations....
http://bit.ly/giUqJo
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The rule above all the rules is: Survive !
Capitalism: Funnel most of the $$$ to the already rich.
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20. March 2011 @ 16:06 |
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Originally posted by Pop_Smith:
This would be great news if it April 1st.
I couldn't find anything that said the merger was approved by shareholders and/or the FCC but I doubt either one would block this. :-(
Hey Pop, looks to me that FCC approval will take up to 12 months before this deal can be passed (if it does get approved at all). It isn't over yet but I can't remember the last time the feds shut anything down for anti-monopoly, especially since AT&T has promised $8 billion of spending on bringing LTE to rural areas (which is what Obama wants).
We shall see.
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CF01
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20. March 2011 @ 16:08 |
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the call phone market is almost a two company monopoly not much longer and it will happen
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ZeusAV
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20. March 2011 @ 16:31 |
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Guess that will be the end of my unlimited data plan and good prices at T-Mobile.
Verizon and AT&T are getting closer and closer to making the cell phone market a duopoly. I refuse to pay over $100 per month just to own a smartphone so if this merger gets approved then I will be heading to Sprint.
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20. March 2011 @ 22:03 |
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I hate At&T, Tmobile and verizon, There coverage, prices and customer service all are terrible, and thats why I switched to sprint
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21. March 2011 @ 01:05 |
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Originally posted by shummyr:
I hate At&T, Tmobile and verizon, There coverage, prices and customer service all are terrible, and thats why I switched to sprint
LoL...you must live in one of 2-3 cities worldwide where Sprint is better in any area than all three of those companies. Verizon just took the JD Power Award, and for good reason...Sprint was at the bottom of the list in almost every area and category.
Well, I was planning on switching to T-Mobile as soon as they completed the network update, but it seems that I am stuck on Verizon a while longer before a new kid shows up and smacks AT&T and Verizon around a little.
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morean51
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21. March 2011 @ 03:30 |
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Is it then thats a good news to hear
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21. March 2011 @ 15:17 |
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This COULD be good but would probably be bad. Prices could go up or down but like I said.........probably up. Say goodbye to T-Mobile's JD Power and Assoc. #1 customer service rating.
I don't believe this will happen though. FCC and DOJ must approve and this will become an essential duopoly with highly monopolistic attributes.
I just hope it doesn't happen. ATT and Verizon are both dramatically overpriced.
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harhumph
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21. March 2011 @ 18:09 |
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This article ruined the week for me, horrible news. I have been a happy T-Mobile customer since 2002 and I can only hope this does not happen. Verizon sucks (I have Verizon at work), ATT has fast internet but bad customer service, Verizon has good cell phone coverage, very very slow internet and horrible customer service. I can only hope if this does happen it takes over a year and by then Apple has a 64gb dual core phone out, because otherwise I will hope my Samsung Vibrant will work on the newly merged network as I can't find many phones out there that have 48gb of storage space like my Vibrant currently has!
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26. March 2011 @ 14:33 |
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AT&T can suck it.
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