The Rural Telecommunications Group (RTG) commends the FCC’s decision earlier today to release a comprehensive report documenting why AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile will result in public interest harms that vastly outweigh potential benefits. While [...]
AT&T to Report $4B Accounting Hit; Asks FCC to Pull Applications One day after the Federal Communications Commission confirmed that it is circulating a Hearing Designation Order, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of [...]
Offering Sheet for Nationwide Licenses Says WCS band is used for LTE It has come to the attention of RTG that AT&T is presently attempting to sell part of its vast nationwide spectrum holdings. This [...]
By Harold Feld on October 10, 2011 - 2:13pm Two weeks ago, Deutsche Telekom (DT) Chief Technology Officer Olivier Baujard accidentally spoke truth about T-Mobile to an audience of German investment analysts. After running through [...]
RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, issued the following statement: "RTG applauds the attorneys general of New York, Washington, California, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania who have committed resources to challenge AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile. [...]
RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, issued the following statement: “RTG fully supports Sprint Nextel’s lawsuit seeking to enjoin AT&T from taking over T-Mobile. The removal of T-Mobile from the mobile wireless marketplace is thoroughly anticompetitive, [...]
WASHINGTON (BUSINESS WIRE), September 06, 2011 - Sprint Nextel today brought suit against AT&T, Inc., AT&T Mobility, Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile seeking to block the proposed acquisition as a violation of Section 7 of the [...]
Today, David Neumark, professor of Economics and director of the Center for Economics and Public Policy at the University of California at Irvine, released an independent analysis debunking assertions made by AT&T that its proposed [...]
Today, the Department of Justice has sued to block AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile. RTG's General Counsel, Carri Bennet, issued the following statement: "DOJ’s pre-Labor Day decision (less than 4 months after AT&T filed to acquire [...]
WASHINGTON – Today the Federal Communications Commission restarted its shot clock at day 83 for the AT&T/T-Mobile merger review. AT&T is on its fourth down with the fatally flawed submission of its fourth and final [...]