AT&T and T-Mobile Merger Updates

FCC Official Skeptical About AT&T and T-Mobile Merger:
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/fcc-official-skeptical-about-att-and-t-mobile-merger

What worries me is the 3 Bn AT&T agrees to pay if the deal falls off. If they agree to pay that much they must be pretty sure it will go through.

Yeah, Verizon CEO hinted that it's a done deal already. He said that he wouldn't object to the deal but then added the remark that the deal would go through anyway. I would be ecstatic if the deal were to break. US customers would keep a alternative to the abuse by the other 3, also the other 3 carriers would have to consider T-Mobile's prices when they adjust theirs.

On top of that, T-Mobile would walk away with $3 billion, in better shape than before.

US customers would keep a alternative to the abuse by the other 3,

Only until DT sells T-Mobile USA to Sprint which won't be long.  DT isn't keeping T-Mobile.  They will sell it out to someone. You can't force them to keep something they don't want.

Honestly if you wanted T-Mobile to stay in business you would be out there getting as many subscribers to sign up. If many participated we could have the 20 Million additional add-ons successfully done.

I find this interesting... http://www.androidcentral.com/att-announced-first-lte-cities-still-no-lte-phones I thought they were going to use T-Mobile's AWS spectrum for LTE? Don't get me wrong I want the deal to go through so that I'm not left out in the cold once T-Mobile does die off lets be honest we all know TMoUSA is dying because the Germans don't want us anymore, would you rather have it go through and get a free phone or have it fall apart and auctioned off have ATT get what they want anyway but no good deals? I'm all for it now but this is interesting. Talk about a fragmented network if it does go through.

You will be having a bad experience with service if the deal does go through.

AT&T will most likely disappoint which is why someone else should buy T-Mobile & the worse rates too.

You will be having a bad experience with service if the deal does go through.

AT&T will most likely disappoint which is why someone else should buy T-Mobile & the worse rates too.

Well I guess I'm lucky its actually not going to be that bad for me I already examined the situation and what would happen (in regards to my own account). It would be nice if DT sold to another company outside the U.S. so no "mergers" or "takeovers" would need to happen. My original question was however, why would they start rolling LTE out on a certain frequency then turn around and shaft those customers too, I say too because I know there will be many confused customers in regards to HSPA+ and LTE so many customers that may have purchased the Atrix "4G" will then start to ask why doesn't my "4G" phone work with your "4G" LTE network and when AT&T convinces them to buy a new "4G" LTE phone of their current rollout spectrum they then get shafted again if/when they acquire T-Mobiles spectrum for LTE. Unless AT&T already has some AWS spectrum, which I'm not too sure of...

Look at the number of filings for the AT&T/T-Mobile merger:
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/hotdocket/list

Well they will still get 3G service while you won't be able to get 3G until you buy a new phone.

US customers would keep a alternative to the abuse by the other 3,

Only until DT sells T-Mobile USA to Sprint which won't be long.  DT isn't keeping T-Mobile.  They will sell it out to someone. You can't force them to keep something they don't want.

True, but Sprint buying T-Mo is preferable from a wider and more long term viewpoint than ATT. I'd much prefer that eventuality, even with the disparate networks, to ATT and Verizon ruling us all. Going from 2 big and 2 medium sized carriers to 3 huge carriers is better than going to 2 huge carriers and a doomed one.

My original question was however, why would they start rolling LTE out on a certain frequency then turn around and shaft those customers too, I say too because I know there will be many confused customers in regards to HSPA+ and LTE so many customers that may have purchased the Atrix "4G" will then start to ask why doesn't my "4G" phone work with your "4G" LTE network and when AT&T convinces them to buy a new "4G" LTE phone of their current rollout spectrum they then get shafted again if/when they acquire T-Mobiles spectrum for LTE. Unless AT&T already has some AWS spectrum, which I'm not too sure of...

AT&T does have some AWS spectrum in the west.  Not nationwide. They would be smart if they made the phones use 700 & 1700 for LTE from the start. 

In which they will probably do. But that does not help T-Mobile subscribers. Every T-Mobile subscriber will be w/o 3G once the AWS is flipped on LTE. The radio internally will not be able to handle it and most likely blacklist the network from starting up on any T-Mobile device since it has a UMTS/WCDMA/HSDPA/HSPA/HSPA+ radio. Most likely AT&T will offer you a crappy device alternative for FREE and you'll have to pay some money to get a good phone.

The deal was doomed when the FCC asked them to show their spectrum and the # of complaints received is over 25,000. FCC already knows how much they have and will probably compare among their list and what AT&T provides. Soo far they have been given unusual tasks. Verizon did not have to do something like this when they acquired Alltel. AT&T has enough spectrum to provide the services needed. The real reason to this deal is to get them to #1.

96,000 jobs to be created by the T-Mobile acquisition:

http://gamutnews.com/20110531/12720/cwa-attt-mobile-merger-will-create-as-many-as-96000-quality-jobs.html

This is excellent news in a tough economy.

AT&T has more spectrum than Verizon does, yet Verizon runs their network proficiently. They may run different technologies, but its all about the network, and the way you use it.

T-Mobile has way less spectrum than AT&T, on the PCS side, but they still have better service, and call quality in places where they both provide service.

$96,000 jobs to be created by the T-Mobile acquisition:

http://gamutnews.com/20110531/12720/cwa-attt-mobile-merger-will-create-as-many-as-96000-quality-jobs.html

This is excellent news in a tough economy.

The CWA isn't exactly a neutral party in this deal so they're esitmate is likely overly optimistic and they don't mention how many jobs will be lost as a result of the merger either.

$96,000 jobs to be created by the T-Mobile acquisition:

http://gamutnews.com/20110531/12720/cwa-attt-mobile-merger-will-create-as-many-as-96000-quality-jobs.html

This is excellent news in a tough economy.

The CWA isn't exactly a neutral party in this deal so they're esitmate is likely overly optimistic and they don't mention how many jobs will be lost as a result of the merger either.

Yeah, plus they are supporting this stupid buyout.

96,000 jobs to be created by the T-Mobile acquisition:

http://gamutnews.com/20110531/12720/cwa-attt-mobile-merger-will-create-as-many-as-96000-quality-jobs.html

This is excellent news in a tough economy.

Acquisitions don't create jobs but nice article.

Acquisitions don't create jobs but nice article.

They do when $8 billion is being spent to build an LTE network that covers 97% of Americans that otherwise can't be built without T-Mobile's spectrum. 

Those would be called temp jobs. The jobs aren't permanent. Most likely half of T-Mobile's CS will be laid off and AT&T would merge the other half or whatever the percentage is. Same scenario every time. An acquisition always leads to layoffs. Wonder what happened to all the Alltel reps? I think many of them got laid off.