AT&T officially kills bid for T-Mobile, will pay $4 billion break-up fee


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AT&T officially kills bid for T-Mobile, will pay $4 billion break-up fee

article published on 19 December, 2011

AT&T has officially killed its bid for T-Mobile, following government and corporate opposition. The proposed $39 billion acquisition was facing a DOJ lawsuit and strong corporate resistance from other small carriers who rightfully insisted that the merger would cause a duopoly in the U.S. with Verizon on the CDMA side and AT&T on the GSM side. AT&T press release statement:The actions ... [ read the full article ]

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DDR4life

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20. December 2011 @ 02:43

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Thank God! My prayers have been answered. As far as my cell service, the last thing I wanted was being cast into at&t's net (pun intended). Lol

@KillerBug
I've had Verizon before. I don't complain about the service because I never had any dropped calls. Their prices are an entirely different matter altogether. As the saying goes: Been there, done that.

And I don't want to do "that" again. Haha

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20. December 2011 @ 03:00

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