RTG Dismayed But Not Surprised That AT&T Admits To $3.8B Price Tag To Cover 55 Million Additional Americans With LTE Long-time suspicions of the Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) were confirmed yesterday after an unredacted version [...]
"In a surprising turn of events, the mega merger that consumer watchdogs decried, but most deemed a fait accompli, faces a real risk of disintegrating at the hands of federal regulators. Last last night, a [...]
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Puget Sound Is Home To Over 3,300 T-Mobile At-Risk Jobs The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) applauds Rep. Jay Inslee’s (Washington’s 1st District) announcement earlier today that the Federal Communications Commission should conduct a public “field [...]
The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) heartily supports the decision of the Federal Communications Commission to stop its informal 180 day timeline for reviewing the proposed AT&T/Qualcomm transaction and instead review the applications “in a coordinated [...]
Franken says merger would result in greatly reduced competition, the potential loss of thousands of jobs, higher consumer prices, and less innovation in technology Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) today applauded Minnesota [...]
In this issue: Why Approval of the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Would Harm The US Economy, GLG Research Group Gay Advocacy Group Withdraws Support for AT&T T-Mobile Deal, By Anton Trojanovski of the Wall Street Journal Critics [...]
Kohl says merger would be harmful to consumers, contrary to antitrust law and not in public interest Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) today applauded Senator Herb Kohl, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee [...]
In his letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, Chairman Kohl of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights writes: ...I have concluded that this acquisition, if permitted [...]
By Ed Black, CEO of Computer & Communications Industry Association ...The mega-merger between AT&T and T-mobile and the IBM mainframe investigation are two major cases before the DOJ that demand action. The unchecked reemergence of [...]