Sprint Files Suit Against AT&T T-Mobile Merger

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday September 6, 2011 @06:08AM from the shoot-it-till-it's-dead dept.

zacharye writes with a news post in BGR. From the article: "Sprint ... announced that it has filed a lawsuit with a federal court in the U.S. District of Columbia in an effort to block AT&T's planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. The suit is related to the Department of Justice's lawsuit, which was filed on August 31st. 'Sprint opposes AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile,' Sprint's vice president of litigation Suzan Haller said. 'With today's legal action, we are continuing that advocacy on behalf of consumers and competition, and expect to contribute our expertise and resources in proving that the proposed transaction is illegal.'"

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Re:Oh yeah? by cc_pirate · 2011-09-06 07:37 · Score: 5, Insightful

Amen. If I wanted to switch from T-mobile to AT&T, I'd do it myself.
You can't reduce the # of nationwide GSM carriers in this country from 2 to 1 and try to pretend that somehow 'improves competition'.

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