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Jan

23

2012

AT&T, T-Mobile Ask FCC for Approval of $1 billion Spectrum Transfer

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by Stacy Bruce
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AT&T and T-Mobile have filed an application with the FCC asking for their approval to transfer $1 billion worth of AT&T’s AWS spectrum over to T-Mobile. AT&T had already promised the spectrum to T-Mobile as a part of the failed $39 billion merger deal that went TU in [...]

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Dec

21

2011

T-Mobile Will Continue To Innovate And Sprint Speaks Out About The Former Acquisition

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by Axl Logan
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So, whether you wanted it to or not, the AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition is over for now and T-Mobile will continue to be the small scrappy guy everyone loves, with a huge Android portfolio, innovative technology and small competitive price planning.  In the aftermath, it appears that Deutsche Telekom has made out on the deal thanks to the break-up [...]

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Dec

5

2011

Sony To Begin Selling Phones Under Sony Brand, Not Sony Ericsson

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by Roy Alugbue
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  Sony Corporation is now set to begin re-branding of all their phones after acquiring Sony Ericsson. An anonymous senior executive said by “mid next year, the Sony Ericsson brand will be phased out even as it looks to become a complete smartphone company. It would then sell its smartphones under the Sony brand”. This is [...]

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Dec

1

2011

AT&T may now consider Deutsche Telekom joint venture instead of T-Mobile merger

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by Stacy Bruce
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With the possibility of AT&T’s T-Mobile accusation hanging by a thread, recent reports are saying that AT&T might opt try for a joint venture with T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, instead. Although the deal is far from final, it seems like a more reasonable proposition given the many roadblocks faced during the planned merger. AT&T [...]

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Nov

29

2011

AT&T Willing to Divest up to 40% of T-Mobile Assets in Last Ditch Effort to Salvage Merger

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by Stacy Bruce
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According to recent reports, AT&T is prepared to divest up to 40% of T-Mobile’s assets in an attempt to salvage the merger between the two network providers. Back on August 31st, the Department of Justice sued to block the merger citing that “AT&T’s elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, low-priced rival would remove a significant [...]

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Nov

25

2011

AT&T Withdraws FCC Application For T-Mobile Acquisition

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by Roy Alugbue
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In a surprising move today, AT&T has announced they will withdraw their application to the Federal Communications Commission to acquire T-Mobile USA. Their reasoning is they want to instead focus on the proposed anti-trust suit brought by the US Department of Justice. Ma Bell has decided to focus on the potential suit considering the FCC [...]

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Nov

23

2011

FCC To AT&T’s Intended Acquisition of T-Mobile: What’s The Rush AT&T? Let’s Review This A Little More

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by Roy Alugbue
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  Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski just put a ‘not-so-fast kind sir’ on AT&T’s intentions to acquire T-Mobile. Perhaps the FCC heard the growing concerns from other carriers and decided to pursue further investigation of the deal. Genachowski recently drafted up a letter to FCC commissioners arguing “the deal would significantly diminish competition and lead to [...]

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Nov

18

2011

Google and Motorola Merger Approved By Motorola Mobility Shareholders

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by Jack Holt
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Back in August we reported on the possible merger of Google and Motorola. Well as of yesterday after a special shareholder’s meeting, it appears that shareholders are on board with this idea, overwhelmingly so. According to the press release 99% of shareholders approved of the merger. Sanjay Jha, Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility was [...]

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Oct

1

2011

AT&T moves to dismiss Cellular South filing

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by Stacy Bruce
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Yesterday AT&T asked the federal court to dismiss the Cellular South (now C Spire) complaint aimed to block the proposed merger with T-Mobile. AT&T claims the competitive concerns raised by Cellular South weren’t legitimate, and submitted an email as evidence. AT&T has evidence of a March 21st email from Cellular south’s president, Hu Meena, proposing [...]

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Sep

29

2011

Google Requesting Protection For Android Plans During AT&T, T-Mobile Antitrust Trial

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by Joe Sirianni
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Looks like Google is looking out for numero uno while the AT&T and T-Mobile antitrust trail is taking place.  Can you blame them?  In an effort to keep and protect proprietary information from leaking out or getting into the hands of their competitors, they’ve filed a motion to forbid any disclosure regarding its plans for [...]

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