AT&T Response to Hesse Remarks
On T-Mobile Merger, DoJ Lawsuit

Posted by: AT&T Blog Team on September 22, 2011 at 3:46 pm

The following statement may be attributed to Jim Cicconi, AT&T Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs:

“The CEO of Sprint said the Department of Justice should block AT&T from merging with T-Mobile, but would have good reasons to instead allow Sprint to purchase them.  For months Sprint has spoken disingenuously about their motives for opposing AT&T’s merger with T-Mobile.  Now, Mr. Hesse’s public musings have made their motives much more clear.  That they would act in their own economic interest is not surprising.  That they would expect the United States Government to be a willing partner certainly is.”

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Thank you, AT&T, for trying to purchase T-Mobile for the good of the country. I’m sorry that the country isn’t cooperating in light of AT&T’s incredibly charitable and selfless intent. If only the country would act more like the multitude of civil rights groups that benefit from AT&T’s charity.

P Rothman September 23, 2011 at 8:18 pm

You got to be kidding me AT&T is acting in its own self interest as is Sprint. They are both corporations that have their own narrowly defined interests. AT&T is a much bigger corporation than Sprint and already has more market share in wireless. Whatever Sprint’s motives for opposing the merger if this is true that Sprint wanted T Mobil instead would oppose a Sprint T Mobil merger also.

Now if T Mobil were bought by a company that is not yet established in the wireless market that wants to enter and use an acquisition to do so meaning they won’t shut the business down then I would be okay with such an acquisition. I understand T Mobil USA’s parent company Deutsche Telekom AG wants out of the U.S. wireless market but must do so in a way that does not reduce competition and consumer choice.

AT&T wants to put Ma Bell back together and have a Ma Cell for wireless. We can’t afford to let them have either. AT&T is bribing progressive civil rights groups like the liberal NAACP to support the merger. It’s not charity when a company offers you money in exchange for you doing their bidding — that is a bribe.

Maneesh P. October 30, 2011 at 10:40 pm

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