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AT&T To Acquire T-Mobile From Deutsche Telekom

Posted by timothy on from the drei-ist-genug dept.

teh31337one writes "AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion in cash and stocks. Press release here." Gripes one anonymous reader: "Americans will have even less choice now when it comes to cell phone carriers. Say good-bye to the one that had the best customer service and was most friendly towards Android and rooting."

7 of 748 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Monopoly by lrobert98 · · Score: 4, Informative

    You mean again? :-)

  2. Re:Deal still subject to regulatory approval by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Informative

    However, the deal is still a year away and subject to regulatory approval.

    However, the deal is still a year away and subject to regulatory lobbying and bribery.

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  3. Re:Deal still subject to regulatory approval by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Informative

    The only reason I chose T-Mobile was because it wasn't AT&T.

  4. Remember: ATT Illegally Tapped Our Phones by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    GSM is only great when you can buy an unlocked phone, choose a provider and pop in a SIM, then change on a whim while paying lower monthly prices due to the lack of a subsidy.

    T-Mobile will give you the code to unlock your phone on request for customers of 3 months or more (I believe).

    ATT will not.

    I don't want anyone to forget their illegal warrantless wiretapping and the massive lobbying effort get themselves retroactive immunity for their cooperation over the illegal spying on you.

  5. Actually, this isn't all bad by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Informative

    Being as T-Mobile's reception sucks massively in many parts of the country, this can only be an improvement in call duration and quality for existing T-Mobile customers. I am a T-Mobile customer currently and look forward to perhaps finally dropping less than half of my calls in an average week. Maybe if I'm really, really, lucky, I'll even get decent reception at my house (where they have claimed 3 bars for years).

    Besides, T-Mobile has generally been a niche player in the US market in comparison to the number of customers on any other network.

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  6. Re:New round of AT&T / T-Mobile commercials by mkiwi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Having been customers of both services, I can tell you that both AT&T and T-Mobile will be on the top, and their customers will be on the bottom.

  7. Re:No it isn't by grumling · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know you're being sarcastic, but the wireless spectrum in the US has never been competitive, and the telephone network even less so.

    If anything, the US is structured more like a merchantilist society.

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