Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG), which represents the country’s smallest rural broadband providers, today thanked Christine Varney, Assistant Attorney General, for her public service, and the legacy of commitment to marketplace [...]
The financial consequences of the AT&T/T-Mobile transaction and AT&T's proven financial priorities will lead to exactly the opposite outcomes from the benefits AT&T claims it will generate. AT&T's well financed public relations and lobbying campaign [...]
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) filed its reply responding to AT&T’s opposition to RTG’s petition to deny the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile merger. Since it first announced to the world on March [...]
RTG is surprised by the lack of effort AT&T put forth in its Opposition to defend its service record in rural America. The acquisition of T-Mobile will not give AT&T more reach into rural America [...]
AT&T has recently launched a campaign to acquire radio licenses, the two most visible are AT&T’s application to acquire 700 MHz licenses from Qualcomm and its separate application to acquire spectrum from T-Mobile. Because of [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Rural Telecommunications Group, Inc. (RTG) filed a Petition to Deny the AT&T/T-Mobile merger this evening pointing out that this merger will harm competition, stifle innovation and result in tens of thousands [...]
“Today’s hearing has clearly illustrated how difficult it will be for DOJ and the FCC to approve the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. While approval of the merger might help the short term business interests of AT&T and [...]
“We applaud Representative Conyers for announcing today his opposition to the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile which would increase prices, limit choice, decrease quality and stifle innovation. As I have said before, November 4, 2008, [...]
Click here for the latest edition of The Takeover Times. In this issue: Our View: AT&T, T-Mobile pose problems; Editorial; USA Today AT&T's T-Mobile Deal May Hurt Competition, Senators Say; Bloomberg In AT&T and T-Mobile [...]
RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, let everyone know at the Broadband Breakfast Club event that the fight against this merger will be a "battle to death." She noted that conditions on this deal are not [...]