RTG: AT&T Acquisition of T-Mobile Will Disrupt White House Rural Council Broadband Goals

Consolidation Reduces Consumer Choice; Deters Large Carriers From Deploying Rural 4G AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile will destroy jobs, frustrate innovation, and thwart deployment in rural America for years to come. President Obama recently signed [...]

2018-03-07T16:16:41-04:00 August 17th, 2011|Categories: Competition, Press Releases|Tags: , , , , , , |

RTG Supports Rep. Jay Inslee’s Push for FCC Public Hearing in Seattle on AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

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 [...]

2011-08-10T23:02:50-04:00 August 10th, 2011|Categories: Competition, Press Releases|Tags: , , , |

FCC To Review AT&T/Qualcomm and AT&T/T-Mobile Deals “in a coordinated manner”

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 [...]

2011-08-09T23:22:02-04:00 August 9th, 2011|Categories: Competition, Press Releases, Spectrum|Tags: , , , , |

Chairman Kohl tells Attorney General and FCC Chairman to block AT&T’s Takeover of T-Mobile

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 [...]

2018-03-07T16:16:42-04:00 July 20th, 2011|Categories: Competition|Tags: , , , , , |
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