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FCC Says No Rubber Stamp for AT&T / T-Mobile Merger

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I wonder if AT&T will have to divest some markets like Verizon had to do on the Alltel deal.

boggerscbshop

Mar 24, 2011, 8:29 PM
I think they should divest some markets where AT&T and T-Mobile overlap. Thats what Verizon had to do. Whats fair is fair.
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dave73

Mar 25, 2011, 4:00 AM
boggerscbshop said:
I think they should divest some markets where AT&T and T-Mobile overlap. Thats what Verizon had to do. Whats fair is fair.


The problem with this merger is that AT&T is in nearly in every market that T-Mobile is in. With that in mind, the buyout doesn't make sense, since it would have to involve divesting everything. If one of the smaller carriers had the money to buyout T-Mobile USA, it would make more sense for them to buyout T-Mobile than AT&T, or Verizon.
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