Written by administrator on November 25th, 2011
Phone merger is put on hold
News from Albany Times Union:
WASHINGTON — AT&T and T-Mobile USA appeared to edge closer to scrapping their proposed merger, saying Thursday that they had withdrawn their application to the Federal Communications Commission to join their cellular phone operations.
Deutsche Telekom, the parent of T-Mobile, and AT&T said in a joint statement that they still intended to pursue the $ 39 billion merger and would prepare for a federal antitrust lawsuit that is seeking to block the deal.
But the companies also said that AT&T planned to take a $ 4 billion charge against earnings to reflect the potential breakup fees that AT&T would have to pay Deutsche T…………… continues on Albany Times Union
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Malls plan to track shopper locations through cell phones on Black Friday
News from Digitaltrends.com:
While Black Friday shoppers will be lining up at shopping malls after gorging themselves on turkey, a couple shopping malls in the United States plan to track locations and shopping patterns of customers this holiday season.
Starting on Black Friday and running through the entire shopping season, the Promenade Temecula shopping mall in southern California and Short Pump Town Center shopping mall in Richmond, Virginia plan to track customers locations within the mall by monitoring cell phone signals as reported by CNN earlier today. The malls intend to follow the path of each shopper and collect data to understand typical shopping patterns. While the malls claim that the data collected will be anonymous, mall officials…………… continues on Digitaltrends.com
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Written by administrator on September 12th, 2011
Safe: Sprint iPhone 5 rescues carrier from unwanted Verizon merger
News from Beatweek Magazine:
Home > Industry News > Safe: Sprint iPhone 5 rescues carrier from unwanted Verizon merger
by Bill Palmer
Enter the Sprint iPhone 5. Exit talk of Sprint being forced to merge with Verizon. Sprint’s longtime security blanket, the fact that it wasn’t the smallest U.S. carrier and wasn’t the only one without the iPhone juggernaut in its lineup, took a double blow this year. First Verizon added the iPhone 4. Then T-Mobile went up for sale, with AT&T being the intended acquirer. Suddenly Sprint faced the prospect of being the smallest remaining carrier and the only one without the iPhone, leaving it in a weak position to compete going forward. Option one: get sucked up by Verizon in response to the AT&T – T-Mobile merger. Option two:…………… continues on Beatweek Magazine
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AT&T Judge’s Earlier Rulings May Play Role in T-Mobile Decision
News from Bloomberg:
The first time U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle in Washington heard an antitrust challenge to an AT&T Inc. deal, she said her hands were tied in assessing a smaller competitor’s objection to the proposed acquisition.
Mid-Tex Cellular Ltd., a rural cellular company based in DeLeon, Texas, argued that the $ 4.5 billion takeover of Dobson Communications Corp. threatened its business and that the Justice Department wasn’t treating the “entire market” consistently when it agreed to settle the case.
In a ruling approving the deal, Huvelle said that while Mid-Tex may be correct, under the law the government had “broad discretion” to settle the case with Dallas-based AT&T “within the reaches” of the public interest.
After the purchase, Mid-Tex lost the roaming revenue it received from its former partner, AT&T, and could…………… continues on Bloomberg
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Written by administrator on September 9th, 2011
Feds make bad call on cell-phone merger
News from Shelby Star:
With the economy tanking — again — the government needs to start leaving the free market alone. Instead, the Obama administration’s Justice Department recently launched an anti-trust lawsuit to prevent AT&T Inc. from acquiring T-Mobile USA Inc. The companies are the second-and fourth-largest U.S. cellphone companies, respectively.
The Justice Department’s announcement said, “The department said that the proposed $ 39 billion transaction would substantially lessen competition for mobile wireless telecommunications services across the United States, resulting in higher prices, poorer-quality services, fewer choices and fewer innovative products for the millions of American consumers who rely on mobile wireless services in their everyday lives.”
One wonders which country these regulators are living in. For one thing, if the acquisition were to happen, there still would three major cellphone companies: AT&T, Verizon and Sprint. Then there are numerous smaller provid…………… continues on Shelby Star
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Padilla bill to criminalize cell phones in prisons headed to governor
News from Inland Empire News:
SACRAMENTO–Senate Bill 26, authored by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), won final legislative approval with a unanimous, bipartisan vote of the State Senate. SB 26 would crack down on the smuggling and possession of cell phones and other wireless communication devices in California prisons. The legislation now goes to the Governor for his signature.
Senator Padilla’s bill imposes tough penalties for both smugglers and inmates. It also facilitates the deployment of managed access technology to prevent illicit cell phones from sending or receiving communications within the secure perimeter of a prison.
“Cell phones in the hands of inmates are a clear and present threat to the safety of correctional officers, victims, and the public,” said Senator Padilla. “We know that inmates with cell phones are ordering murders, organizing escapes, facilitating drug deals, controlling street gangs and terrorizing rape victims. With this bill we will fi…………… continues on Inland Empire News
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Written by administrator on September 7th, 2011
Sprint files lawsuit to block merger of AT&T and T-Mobile
News from Los Angeles Times:
Sprint Nextel has thrown yet another gauntlet at the feet of AT&T, this time suing to block the company’s increasingly troubled bid to take over T-Mobile USA.
If AT&T and T-Mobile were to combine to form the nation’s largest wireless network, Sprint said, the resulting wireless monolith would be strong enough to “exclude competitors, raise their costs, restrict their access to handsets, damage their businesses and ultimately to le…………… continues on Los Angeles Times
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AT&T Said Able to Reduce T-Mobile Bid Price If Remedies Grow Too Costly
News from Bloomberg:
AT&T Inc. (T) can lower the price it pays for T-Mobile USA Inc. if the remedies requested by regulators become too expensive, according to three people with direct knowledge of the purchase contract.
AT&T would be able to pay less than the deal’s original $ 39 billion value if regulators demand asset sales that surpass 20 percent of that figure, or about $ 7.8 billion, said the people, who declined to be identified because this clause of the contract isn’t public. AT&T could walk away from the deal and pay the breakup fee if the concessions requested top 40 percent of that value, they said.
AT&T is fighting to salvage its bid to acquire T-Mobile and become the largest U.S. wireless operator after the …………… continues on Bloomberg
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Written by administrator on August 16th, 2011
AT&T Goes After Customers Over T-Mobile Merger Lawsuit
News from PC Magazine:
- August 15, 2011 05:28pm EST
AT&T is suing customers who earlier sued America’s second-largest network for trying to buy T-Mobile.
Late Friday, hours after a leaked letter written by AT&T counsel appeared to undermine the entire merger, AT&T Wireless filed eight lawsuits in federal courts seeking an injunction over the “abusive actions,” or arbitration claims, of customers who had joined together in a class-action case against the carrier.
Quick recap: in July, law firm Bursor & Fisher
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New BlackBerry phones hitting AT&T and Sprint on Aug. 21, Verizon on Aug. 25
News from Los Angeles Times:
Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry Bold and Torch smartphones will be officially released by AT&T and Sprint on Aug. 21 and by Verizon on Aug. 25.
AT&T will carry the BlackBerry Torch 9810, which runs on AT&T’s 4G LTE network and features a slide-out keyboard and a 3.2-inch touch screen.
The Torch 9810 looks pretty much the same as the Torch 9800 that it will replace, but the refreshed units will add …………… continues on Los Angeles Times
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Written by administrator on August 4th, 2011
AT&T merger would mean 4G here
News from Andalusia Star-News:
Published 12:03am Thursday, August 4, 2011
If a proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile is approved, most Covington County residents will soon have access to 4G service.
AT&T announced earlier this year its $ 39 billion plan to acquire T-Mobile USA from the German-owned Deut-sche Tele-kom.
The acquisition would address Ame-rica’s spectrum exhaust challenges.
Spectrum is the range of airwave frequencies that enable devices from broadcast television to cell phones to mobile broadband and even baby monitors.
Gigi Armbrecht, regional director for AT&T Alabama, explained spectrum like this.
“It’s like multiple lanes on a highway,” she said. “As more people use wireless devices, there needs to be more space for them, like an additional lane of traffic.”
And more people are using wireless devices.
Armbrecht said her company’s mobile data traffic grew 8,000 percent over the past four years, increas…………… continues on Andalusia Star-News
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Verizon Joins with American Express for Mobile Payments
News from NewsFactor Network:
Move over, Google Wallet and PayPal. Another mobile -payment option has entered the market. Verizon Wireless has inked a deal with American Express to advance its mobile-payment strategy.
American Express and Verizon are integrating Serve, a next-generation digital payment and commerce platform, on Verizon phones and tablets. In a few months, the partnership will give Verizon customers the option of setting up Serve accounts that pave the way for mobile payments, as well as to redeem offers for goods and services directly from mobile phones and tablets.
“Serve provides a quick and intuitive way for our customers to use their mobile service in a refreshingly convenient way,” said Greg Haller, president of enterprise
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Written by administrator on August 3rd, 2011
GOP Lawmaker: Leave AT&T, T-Mobile Merger to Agencies, Not Congress
News from PC Magazine:
- August 2, 2011 05:03pm EST
A Republican lawmaker this week urged agency heads considering the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile not to be swayed by the strong opposition voiced by his colleagues across the aisle.
In urging the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission to reject the deal, Senators Herb Kohl and Al Franken provided officials “with only one side of the story,” Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas wrote in a Monday letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski.
In recent weeks, Kohl and Franken have writ…………… continues on PC Magazine
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Verizon, Comcast Exceed Speed Expectations, Says FCC Study
News from International Business Times:
Internet service providers actually met — and sometimes exceeded — the speeds they advertised despite previous stereotypes, according to a report released on Tuesday by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
A year-long study by the government showed that while there is some variation from company to company, for the most part service providers were able to meet expectations.
“For most participating broadband providers, actual download speeds are substantially closer to advertised speeds than was found in data from early 2009 and discussed in a subsequent FCC white paper, though performance can vary significantly by technology and specific provider,” the FCC<…………… continues on International Business Times
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Written by administrator on July 21st, 2011
Why you should care about the T-Mobile-AT&T merger
News from Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Pending regulatory antitrust approval, Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA will soon be a part of AT&T, and consumers will have one fewer choice when it comes to cell phones.
That’s bad, says a consumer advocacy group. Very bad.
The group, Free Press, has created four satirical videos (embedded above) that raise some important questions about the proposed $ 39 billion merger. And they’re similar concerns to those U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., recently posed to the two companies’ CEOs.
Would consumers be harmed by reduced competitive choices in mobile? Would AT&T again have questionable monopoly power over an important industry? Will current T-Mobile customers see rate hikes? Will T-Mobile employees — more than 3,000 of whom are in Washington state — lose their jobs?
“AT&T wants you to believe that its takeover of T-Mobile would be good for job…………… continues on Seattle Post Intelligencer
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AT&T’s U-verse: SF battle over boxes far from over
News from San Francisco Chronicle:
As former Mayor Gavin Newsom said apropos gay marriage, AT&T‘s high-speed U-verse service is coming to San Francisco, “whether you like it or not.”
Having squeaked through the Board of Supervisors on a 6-5 vote Tuesday, the long-delayed project begins its citywide rollout as early as Friday, when service is scheduled to be switched on in parts of the Richmond District.
Construction and installation of those outdoor utility boxes that stirred up so much angst will begin soon after, primarily, at first, in the Sunset District.
“We already have 30 permits in the hopper,” said AT&T spokesman Lane Kasselman.
While attempts by some neighborhood groups to further delay the project via a mandatory environmental impact report was turned down by the board, the rollout is likely to be subject to fits and start…………… continues on San Francisco Chronicle
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Written by administrator on July 19th, 2011
AT&T, T-Mobil Merger a Must
News from Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers:
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For some time, the country has been stuck in the economic doldrums. Call it a recession, stagnation, an uneven recovery, or whatever you wish, but nationally, our economy has not been growing as it needs to.
Things in Oklahoma are a bit better, due in large part to the work of our governor, legislators, and economic development organizations to create a pro-business environment that encourages investment and economic growth. But as we mo…………… continues on Greater Tulsa Reporter Newspapers
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AT&T Drops Refurbished iPhone 3GS to $ 9
News from PC Magazine:
- July 18, 2011 01:45pm EST
Earlier this year, AT&T dropped the price of its iPhone 3GS to $ 49, but now customers can nab a refurbished version of the popular Apple device for $ 9.
AT&T lists a black 8GB iPhone 3GS for $ 99 with a two-year contract, but subtract a $ 90 “refurb discount,” and a newly activated iPhone could now be yours for less than $ 10.
In January, AT&T dropped the price of the iPhone 3GS from $ 99 to $ 49, right before Verizon started offering the iPhone 4. The older version of the iPhone lacks the iPhone 4′s front-facing …………… continues on PC Magazine
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Written by administrator on June 29th, 2011
Forum: AT&T, T-Mobile merger will help state
News from Online Athens:
Forum: AT&T, T-Mobile merger will help state062911opinion2Athens Banner-Herald Exuberant and exhausted, graduates of the University of Georgia left campus in May with a long-coveted diploma and the power of a UGA education. But many of them also left something behind.
Exuberant and exhausted, graduates of the University of Georgia left campus in May with a long-coveted diploma and the power of a UGA education. But many of them also left something behind.
After four years of enjoying first-rate technology and access to high-speed Internet, students who returned to rural areas of our state may have discovered that the benefits of this technology are no longer available to them. But these students, and those like them at universities across our state, have learned to depend upon ubiquitous broadband – and wireless broadband – access. They likely emailed commencement photos to relatives and texted friends with r…………… continues on Online Athens
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When will Verizon’s blistering 4G LTE slow down?
News from BGR:
Let’s face it… not all 4G is created equal. When Verizon Wireless’ LTE launched in its first few markets last year, bloggers and media saw blazing fast data speeds in their tests that put other 4G networks to shame. So did we. In fact, on numerous occasions and in numerous device reviews, we called Verizon’s LTE the fastest cellular data service we had ever tested. But a common sentiment rang throughout the Internet: Verizon’s 4G LTE is fast now, but that’s because the network is empty. And Verizon Wireless’ competition mirrored the opinion, of course. In a private conversation about the discrepancy in performance between Sprint’s 4G WiMAX and Verizon’s 4G LTE, a Sprint executive told me that Verizon’s network was so fast because it was empty. “Wait until it fills up,” the exec chuckled. “Then we’ll see if the ThunderBolt still deserves its name.”
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