but they merged..... right?
the 2 carriers merged, right? so in theory they are in the process of making everything transition to one big company. this is more of an update on merging everything than some great handshake between to companies.
It's a tentative merge - still waiting on a number of things (most importantly FCC approval). It might seem like they're just trying to get a jump on the actual merging process but it's still very possible that the merger doesn't go through.. Cingular...
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Not yet. The merger is still pending government approval. In the meantime, they are required by law to act as separate, competing companies.
For the inexperienced and uneducated, I will break this down for you. There are 13 steps to a company merger, the FCC has approved 12 of the 13 steps for ATT Wireless and Cingular to merge, the 13th step is expected to be approved sometime in late Oct...
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THIS IS NOT NEWS
I have been sending MMS from AT&T to T-Mobile for a while now, so I don't see how this is a first. It is nice that I can finally send to Cingular, I tried to send a MMS to a Cingular client a week ago, and it showed up on there phone a a text message.
cingular/tmobile has been there for awhile. and the cingular att thing has been usable in SOME markets, but is now nationwide.