AT&T announced yesterday that it is acquiring T-Mobile in a $39 billion cash and stock deal with T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom. If the deal goes through--and this is no slam dunk for the FCC--AT&T would become the largest wireless carrier in the US, passing Verizon. The Wall Street Journal's Dennis Berman says that if AT&T's cost estimates are right, then this is a big win of a deal for AT&T. He discusses the merger with Lauren Goode in this video:
Posted
03-21-2011 8:54 AM
by
Graham Griffith
Filed under: Regulation, Wall Street Journal, global business, AT&T, M&A activity, mergers and acquisitions, mobile, fcc, dennis berman, t-mobile, wireless, lauren goode