–A senior FCC official, speaking to the New York Times on condition of anonymity. The FCC acted yesterday to thwart AT&T’s proposed $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. F.C.C. Seeks Review of AT&T Merger With T-Mobile [New York Times]
U.S. regulators are playing a game of chess with AT&T as the wireless network looks to close its $39 billion T-Mobile deal. The problem is that not everyone seems to be keen on the idea—including the FCC.
Bloomberg is reporting that AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is in preliminary talks with Yahoo officials “to gauge its interest in combining the companies,” according to two anonymous sources.
It’s begun, whoop-dee-doo. Yesterday, AT&T submitted its paperwork to the FCC for approval. That merger, you know the one that conglomerates AT&T and T-Mobile as a giant telecom monopoly, has finally kicked off.
Can’t say no one saw this one coming. Yesterday, Sprint made it known they aren’t happy about the pending AT&T and T-Mobile merger. At all.
