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AT&T Issues Scathing Response To FCC Report

Posted by samzenpus on from the we-strongly-disagree dept.

An anonymous reader writes "AT&T has issued a scathing letter in response to the FCC's decision to release a staff report on its findings surrounding AT&T's planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA. 'We expected that the AT&T-T-Mobile transaction would receive careful, considered, and fair analysis,' Jim Cicconi, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President of External & Legislative Affairs, said. 'Unfortunately, the preliminary FCC Staff Analysis offers none of that.'"

2 of 215 comments (clear)

  1. Make sure to read the bottom of the page by mysidia · · Score: 5, Informative

    For Sprint's short and sweet response, compared to ATT's long-winded vague casting of aspersions against the FCC staff.

    The FCC staff’s Analysis and Findings provide a careful, substantive analysis of AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile, consistent with the FCC’s role as the independent, expert agency responsible for such merger reviews. Rather than accept the expert agency’s Analysis and Findings, AT&T has chosen to make baseless claims about the FCC’s process. [...]

  2. Re:Money by ProfM · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yeah right.

    Open Secrets classifies the corporation as a fence sitter when it comes to politics, although during the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama was clearly the telco's favorite.

    http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Top-Campaign-Contributor-Since-1990-110351