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*(Via SFgate) – AT&T Inc.’s $39 billion bid to acquire Deutsche Telekom AG’s T-Mobile USA came to an end Monday (12-19-11) in a phone call between the companies’ chief executive officers, according to people familiar with the matter. AT&T’s Randall Stephenson and Deutsche Telekom’s Rene Obermann ultimately agreed the costs of continuing to fight for [...]
*It’s a no-go on the proposed $39 billion AT&T takeover of rival T-Mobile USA because he US Justice department filed suit to block it, according to Wall Street Journal report. At a news conference Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the combination would result in tens of millions of consumers facing fewer choices and [...]
*A national coalition representing the nation’s leading African American organizations filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission recently in support of AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA. In its federal filing, the coalition argued that a completed deal would provide African Americans enhanced access to the most technologically advanced tools available to more effectively compete for [...]
*Everyone’s home phones have long offered the luxury of knowing who is calling you. But, cell phones don’t give you that information. The only way a cell phone customer is alerted to the exact name of who is calling them is if their number is already programmed into their phone. Not anymore! According to Clutch, [...]
*When the Bell telephone system – aka AT&T – was broken up in 1984, consumers were told this would be a good thing because it would increase competition. When the U.S. telecommunications market was deregulated in 1996, consumers were told this would be a good thing because it would increase competition. And now AT&T wireless [...]
*Bloomberg.com recently reported that some major cell phone companies are going to let their customers make purchases on their mobile devices. Here’s the story: The report from Bloomberg said the trials would include Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile and could represent the biggest threat yet to the established credit card industry. The service is already available [...]
*Welcome to EURweb’s Tech Column, InSYnC, and a place where the nerd in you feels right at home. I wanted to take a few minutes and discuss the Nexus One, Google’s attempt to compete with the iPhone. It’s quite a slick device and it has many features that stump the iPhone in many ways. But [...]
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