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AT&T/T-Mobile Merger 'Not In the Public Interest'
jfruhlinger writes "AT&T's plan to merge with T-Mobile just hit a pretty big snag. The FCC declared the merger would be anti-competitive and not in the public interest."
According to the NY Times, the FCC seeks to hold a hearing before an administrative law judge in which the burden would be upon AT&T to prove the deal isn't anti-competitive.
Unfortunately, the FCC can shout all they want, but they have no say in the merger at this point. It is the SEC who is going to rubber stamp the merger. After last year, the FCC pretty much can go after pirate radio stations, but essentially that is it in their enforcing abilities. Stopping a merger? Not their bailiwick.
This is not in the public interest but allowing fragmentation of cellular standards between GSM/HSPA and CDMA was in the public interest by allowing the major carriers to offer incompatible services so that they did not have to directly compete with each other was? Was it in the public interest to allow a a further fragmentation of GSM/HSPA between standard HSPA with AT&T and AWS for T-Mobile? Was it in the public interest to allow further fragmentation of CDMA with Sprint going early with CDMA + WiMax?
The major carriers could have all agreed to use HSPA years ago and shared the standard frequencies used in Canada just like how Canada has Telus, Bell, Rogers and smaller virtual carriers all operating HSPA frequency networks compatible with the iPhone and other popular handsets.
Jesus was a compassionate social conservative who called individuals to sin no more.
Alltel had about 800,000 customers.
T-Mobil has 33,000,000.
Not really on the same scale there.
Larry Solomon, senior vice president of corporate communications at AT&T, called the F.C.C.’s action “disappointing.”
“It is yet another example of a government agency acting to prevent billions in new investment and the creation of many thousands of new jobs at a time when the U.S. economy desperately needs both,”
Just because AT&T continues to say that the deal would result in investment does make it true. If they were interested in investing in infrastructure and jobs, they would do it. Instead they want to buy T-Mobile, loot whatever is left in their coffers and lay off all of their workers.
When an organization as corrupt as the United States government is coming out against a deal, you can be certain that something is rotten in Denmark.
Who cares if she negatively affects fat girls' self image? She's banging hot!
So you feel that "disproportionately-skinny and negatively-affecting female self-image chicks are clearly in the public interest"? Chauvinist bastard!
Some people are just skinny and hating on them is no better than hating on fat people. A poor self-image isn't the fault of anyone who just happens to look different.
Once the business friendly Republicans win more elections, all of this will be reversed. AT&T needs to start bribing / donating some big bucks in that direction to make it happen.
Why does someone have to buy T-Mobile?
Vertical integration isn't illegal provided that the company doesn't use it to harm the competition. Amazon right now represents a vertically integrated publisher where they own all steps from production to distribution and in some cases even the reader you read on. They haven't been sued for antitrust violations nor will they likely any time soon as they're still disrupting the industry and bringing more competition to the market.
Depending upon how Google handled it they could definitely bring competition via a vertical monopoly. Remember being a monopoly isn't illegal, abusing market position is.
oh sorry, you must be American. not used to seeing non-obese people i guess.
So you feel that "disproportionately-skinny and negatively-affecting female self-image chicks are clearly in the public interest"? Chauvinist bastard!
Considering the average dress size in the US is 14, just about any healthy girl would be disproportionately-skinny.
It's sad that you mistake "fat rolls" for "curves". She's got plenty of curves in all the right places. What she doesn't have is a muffin top and a sagging gut - now if you find that look sexy, hey man, whatever gets you off. But she's damn hot - and part of why she's so hot is that she comes across as genuinely friendly, not just a girl being paid to act friendly.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
you have to rent your home phone?
And the major cell carriers have continued that business model by getting most people to rent their cell phones. It's not like my cell phone bill is reduced after my 2 year contract term is up and my phone subsidy is supposedly paid off.
Except on T-Mobile where on their value plans, you actually do save money when the phone is paid off.
As an American, I miss the days when women weren't all obese. It hasn't always been like that over here.
I heard that T-Mobile wants to rid themselves of their US division. If it isn't making enough revenue to be kept on the books, it probably isn't doing well enough to stand on its own either. Which likely means it will just fold up completely.
Hence either T-Mobile is bought out by AT&T and we have one fewer carrier, or T-Mobile goes under and we have one fewer carrier. It seems like we might at least preserve a few jobs with option number one that would otherwise be lost with option number two. The other main carriers don't want to buy a GSM provider, it doesn't make technological sense. They just want a shot at picking off some T-Mobile customers that they might not otherwise get if AT&T buys them out.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.