Groups Want Local Hearings Regarding AT&T/T-Mobile

I'm just trying to understand why people think that competition from other carriers will be halted. Smaller companies like Cricket and Metro PCS, just to name a couple out of many small carriers in the US, would benefit from the merger, too. Yes, they will have to step their game up but, they have a better chance at grabbing new customers form ATT/TMO, when and if the merger happens. It's obvious that some of the smaller companies will probably end up merging themselves, to step into the gap that TMO will leave as a GSM carrier in this country. To be honest, I think that's the main reason so many people are concerned, outside of the idea that ATT may not be using the current spectrum they have. Maybe I missed it but, I never heard this being...
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