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InternetNews July 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
AT&T-SBC Inches Closer AT&T shareholders vote their way through to the next step. The next step is for the companies to convince federal agencies that the merger won't hurt competition. |
InternetNews January 31, 2005 Jim Wagner |
SBC, AT&T Seen as Prototype For Telecom's Future SBC to Acquire AT&T For $16 Billion. Executives say the industry needs a combination like a Baby Bell with Ma Bell to survive competition. |
PC Magazine March 20, 2011 Sascha Segan |
AT&T Buys T-Mobile: Great For Them, Bad For You AT&T said today it would buy T-Mobile, which is a great idea for the two carriers and a lousy deal for American consumers. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Tim Beyers |
AT&T: We'll Save America if You Don't Sue Us Once again, the U.S. Justice Department is suiting up to battle AT&T. Only this time, instead of seeking to break-up the monopoly we once knew as Ma Bell, the feds are seeking to block a $39 billion merger with T-Mobile. |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2011 Curt Woodward |
AT&T Drops T-Mobile Bid, Will Pay $4B Breakup Fee But what about the spectrum deal? |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
AT&T in 2012 ... ? AT&T has to focus on getting more spectrum and building out its LTE network in 2012. |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
FCC Study Trashes AT&T Merger Claims An FCC report shows how little the agency thinks of the AT&T-Mobile merger. |
The Motley Fool November 22, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
This Merger Is Looking Less and Less Likely The AT&T - T-Mobile merger is appearing less likely to financial analysts. |
PC Magazine August 31, 2011 Sascha Segan |
On AT&T/T-Mobile Merger, Justice is Served The Department of Justice dealt a heavy blow for consumers when it said it will oppose the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
If the AT&T Merger Is Doomed, What Then? Could Sprint survive even if the merger is stopped? |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
AT&T to FCC: Sez You! The FCC has suggested that it might allow AT&T to withdraw its application to merge with Deutsche Telekom, but with prejudice. |
InternetNews March 15, 2005 Catherine Pickavet |
New Working Group Objects to Telecom Mergers Unhappy with the SBC/AT&T, Verizon/MCI mergers, smaller fish in the telecom sea have formed a working group to challenge them. |
InternetNews October 12, 2006 Roy Mark |
FCC Delays AT&T-BellSouth Merger Vote AT&T and BellSouth hoped the Federal Communications Commission would approve their merger plans Thursday morning, but late Wednesday night the FCC announced it was delaying the vote until at least Friday. |
InternetNews October 16, 2006 Roy Mark |
AT&T Makes Network Neutrality Concessions In hopes of winning approval to merge with BellSouth, AT&T says it will follow FCC principles for 30 months. |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Maybe This Wasn't AT&T's Year -- but It Can Still Pay a Nice Dividend The company misfired with its merger proposal, but it still has places to go. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 Dawn Kawamoto |
Lots of Static for AT&T's iPhone Strategy AT&T gets hit with a double-whammy of T-Mobile antitrust woes and an iPhone earnings challenge. |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2011 Anders Bylund |
AT&T Regroups -- but Will It Matter? AT&T has 4 billion reasons to keep up the fight. |
InternetNews October 31, 2005 Roy Mark |
Final Fed OK to Telecom Mergers FCC signs off on telecom mergers as SBC and Verizon agree to sell standalone DSL, adhere to network neutrality and continue Internet backbone peering. |
InternetNews August 4, 2005 Roy Mark |
Feds Bless Sprint-Nextel Merger The FCC will require the merged company to offer advanced wireless broadband services within four years. |
InternetNews October 11, 2006 Roy Mark |
DoJ Approves AT&T-BellSouth Merger The AT&T-BellSouth proposed merger cleared its first regulatory hurdle today with a resounding thumbs up from the Department of Justice, which unconditionally approved the $67 billion deal. |
InternetNews October 18, 2006 Roy Mark |
Unexpected Face Time for Network Neutrality Throughout the U.S. House and Senate debates over network neutrality, Republicans steadfastly insist no federal law is needed prohibiting discrimination in the handling of Internet traffic. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Why Is Sprint Smiling? The U.S. Government suit to block AT&T's merger is just fine with Sprint and Verizon. |
InternetNews October 13, 2006 Roy Mark |
AT&T-BellSouth Merger Approval Stalled The Federal Communications Commission delayed a vote on the AT&T and BellSouth merger today and rescheduled the issue for Nov. 3. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Dave Mock |
Cingular Sells Out The nation's soon-to-be (possibly) No. 1 provider sells some big assets. |
InternetNews October 27, 2005 Roy Mark |
Bell Mergers Sealed on DoJ Approval The U.S. Department of Justice Thursday afternoon approved the SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI mergers, requiring only that Verizon and SBC divest portions of certain local fiber-optic network facilities. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2007 Dave Mock |
Wireless Smackdown: Comparing Carrier Churn Investors, see just how the big four U.S. carriers stack up. AT&T... Verizon Wireless... Sprint Nextel... T-Mobile USA... |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Dan Radovsky |
AT&T and FCC Clash Again! AT&T wants a chance to bid on upcoming spectrum auctions -- but without FCC oversight. |
InternetNews February 22, 2005 Tim Gray |
SBC, AT&T Get the Merger Started SBC, AT&T look to FCC and Justice for $16 billion merger approval. |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2011 Dan Radovsky |
Verizon's Really Big Score The Verizon/SpectrumCo deal may be a defining moment in the changing of the telecom landscape. |
InternetNews October 31, 2008 Judy Mottl |
Verizon Wireless-Alltel Merger Moves Forward Verizon's grab for market dominance comes with the DoJ's largest-ever divestiture requirement before it signs off. |
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 Dave Mock |
Global Is Good for Deutsche Telekom The domestic German market has been nothing but headaches for Deutsche Telekom lately. Thankfully, the financial shortfall at home was covered by growth in international revenues, mostly from wireless carriers abroad. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews March 21, 2011 Sean Michael Kerner |
AT&T Acquires T-Mobile for $39 billion New mobile Goliath will deliver next generation wireless to 95 percent of the U.S. while aiming to deliver the lowest cost per bit. |
InternetNews October 24, 2006 Roy Mark |
'Net Coalition Raps AT&T-BellSouth Merger AT&T's network neutrality concessions for Federal Communications Commission approval of the AT&T-BellSouth merger don't go far enough, a coalition opposing the deal contended today. |
InternetNews December 29, 2006 Erin Joyce |
AT&T Bends on Net Neutrality AT&T bemoans the political holdup of its merger deal with BellSouth but offers key concessions. |
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark |
Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC. |
InternetNews March 29, 2011 |
Sprint Opposes AT&T Bid for T-Mobile AT&T's bid to acquire T-Mobile USA is facing opposition from rival telecom vendor Sprint. |
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Roy Mark |
Net Neut. Delays AT&T-BellSouth Vote Again FCC remains deadlocked over attaching additional network neutrality conditions to deal. |
InternetNews December 8, 2006 Roy Mark |
McDowell Cleared for AT&T-BellSouth Merger Vote Federal Communications Commission General Counsel Sam Feder cleared Commissioner Robert McDowell late Friday afternoon to participate in the AT&T-BellSouth merger vote. |
InternetNews February 14, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Verizon Makes Move On MCI Following the SBC-AT&T mega-merger blueprint, Verizon aims for a global enterprise reach in a deal worth $6.7 billion. |
InternetNews January 5, 2010 |
Obama Administration Calls for Spectrum Reform Filing from key Commerce Department agency echoes Justice Department appeal and could set the stage for a lively political fight. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Dan Radovsky |
Can DISH Satisfy AT&T's Needs? Rumors have been floating about AT&T and DISH. |
InternetNews March 6, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
AT&T, BellSouth Merger Denounced The proposed merger of AT&T and BellSouth means the death of the Internet and the unmasking of fictional competition between telecom companies, charged two Washington, DC-based consumer groups. |
InternetNews October 10, 2006 |
Net Neutrality Back on FCC's Agenda Network neutrality proponents hope agency will make non-discriminatory handling of broadband traffic part of the AT&T/BellSouth deal. |
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley |
MCI Chooses Verizon, Spurns Qwest MCI accepts Verizon's merger offer after the Baby Bell raises its bid by $1 billion, to $7.6 billion. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 Dave Mock |
AT&T Calms and Soothes Telecom giant AT&T breaks new records in its wireless business and cites improved growth in broadband and enterprise services. |
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Critics Call On FCC to Curb AT&T, Verizon Pricing The No Choke Points coalition claims that incumbent telcos gouge smaller providers and businesses for network access. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Anders Bylund |
AT&T-Mobile Scares Me Regulators won't like this deal at all. |
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Roy Mark |
Telecom Mergers Get House Nod Top House leaders say the proposed Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T mergers are moving telecom, Internet in the right direction. |
InternetNews October 13, 2005 |
Naked DSL to Impact Telecom Mergers? Critics of the Verizon-MCI and SBC-AT&T deals urge FCC to require standalone DSL as a condition of approval. Critics fear the mergers will lead to fewer choices and higher prices for consumers. |
InternetNews November 4, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Feds OK Verizon, Sprint Deals With Some Caveats An FCC sign-off on the Alltel acquisition means Verizon will become the No. 1 U.S. carrier, while Sprint's WiMAX effort also gets a major thumbs-up. |