AT&T CEO: Divestitures Likely in Wake of T-Mobile Deal
If they divest markets.....
I'm all for at&t buying out t-mobile as long as someone other than Verizon gets the left overs.
If the deal goes through we're looking at 3 major national players using the traditional networking system. Verizon, At&t, and Sprint. I'm hopng lightsquared gets up and running, because as a wholeseller, this is create many more nationwide carriers.
It creates the nations ONLY GSM network through one carrier, meaning exclusive deals will ONLY be though said carrier. This will be beneficial ONLY to AT&T and OEM who will have an instant potential 130Million customers to build for rather than creating a CDMA version for Verizon and its 94Million. More people = more money = more expensive and longer exclusivities.
It will dismantle the FASTEST and LARGEST HSPA+ network anywhere in the world. T-Mobile USA is massively large now, and so is the USA, their HSPA+ rollout has been amazing and coverage is all over now, and only continues to grow. AT&T/Cingular both screwed up when they integrated networks - Remember the whole Next Generation N...
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It's just like in areas where "T" picked up some alltel customers. Since it was different network type, the customers got to keep the plan that they were on with alltel, and got a free phone with no contract. I think AT&T at least has been more than fair to customers durning switch overs like this.
Not to meantion that customers who have unlimited text can pretty much stick to the lowest two rate plans they offer reguardless of how many minutes they use is...
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But the mobile lifestyle is worth it to us, though isn't it? Always being connected.
Jayshmay said:
Definetly a good thing to reduce your wireless bill! ! ! These wireless carriers get plenty from us!
But the mobile lifestyle is worth it to us, though isn't it? Always being connected.
Yeah, I've got a lot of stuff I can do with 80 bucks every month.
That's not even counting in the fact that I was able to trim some costs off the data plans. (We all have smartphones). I put the folks and my brother on the 200mb (which they never come close to). My sister and I switched to the 2gb plan. So that was $55 there.
I never thought twice about my cellphone bill before because my family always pitched in for it, and we enjoyed the fact that it helped us all stay connected considering...
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Joshmo said:
how many years has it been since the at&t wireless and cingular merger? 4 or 5? At&t still has customers on the older plans. They've not made customers sign two year agreements. The customers decided to sign a contract vs buying a phone at full retail when they got a new phone.
AT&T is putting a stop to the grandfathered Cellular One (Dobson), AT&T Wireless, and some Alltel plans. They will give a free basic phone, regardless of which one you have and a new SIM card and you must pick a new/current (and most likely pricier) plan.
Try again.
Will
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other than that i guess we will just have to wait and see what they do.
rwalford79 said:
T-Mobile competes on customer service and price, neither of which AT&T has a concept of. Matter of fact, after the buy out of AT&T/Cingular the newly formed AT&T actually RAISED its prices to pay for the $41Billion deal. How do you think they are gonna pay for T-Mobile? Lowering prices?
Care to backup that little claim? Cingular raised prices after purchasing AT&T Wireless?
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rarodrig26 said:
I dont at all want the merger to go thru, but i agree that if it does, Verizon should not be able to scoop up more spectrum. They'd basically be starting their duopoly before the paperwork was even signed.
If anyone should be allowed to acquire T-Mobile USA, it should be someone other than AT&T & Verizon. Neither one needs more spectrum. They have plenty in most markets & not using it all. For rural markets, they're actually sitting on PCS spectrum just to keep out competition. This buyout is just to grab more spectrum & keep out competition. They just need to learn how to use what they have efficiently.
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