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Blog Post
12/2/2011
Posted by Laura Antonini
Consumers can claim another victory in the AT&T/T-Mobile merger battle. Regulators listened to our warnings about the wireless giant’s false promises to consumers and are now blocking the deal.
On the heels of AT&T’s decision to withdraw its merger application, the FCC delivered what may just be the final nail in the...
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Blog Post
9/6/2011
Posted by Laura Antonini
Apparently AT&T can make up rules without following them. In an audacious move by the nation’s worst rated and most hated wireless carrier, AT&T recently filed multiple lawsuits against its own customers – just months after the U.S. Supreme Court ok’d AT&T’s policy of requiring ripped-off customers to file...
News Story
9/1/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile, bringing into high relief the debate over whether corporations or consumers matter more as the U.S. struggles through an economic downturn.
AT&T has said that the proposed $39 billion merger between the nation's No.2 and No.4 mobile...
News Release
8/31/2011
Posted by Harvey Rosenfield
SANTA MONICA, CA -- Consumer Watchdog applauded the U.S. Justice Department today for filing a civil antitrust complaint to block the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger, calling it a victory for cell phone consumers, and urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject the deal as well.
Earlier this month, Consumer Watchdog wrote a letter to the U.S...
Blog Post
8/31/2011
Posted by Laura Antonini
Did AT&T really think we’d fall for its broken record promises that the AT&T/T-Mobile merger would help consumers?
Just a few weeks after Consumer Watchdog wrote a letter urging regulators to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, the Department of Justice gave the AT&T merger a big thumbs down by filing a civil antitrust...
Courtroom Case
8/15/2011
Posted by Consumer Watchdog
Fighting to Redress Overcharged Consumers After Merger of Wireless Giants
(Coneff v. AT&T Corp.)
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, No. 2:06-cv-00944-RSM
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, No. 09-35563
Following the 2004 acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. by Cingular Wireless LLC, Consumer...
News Story
8/15/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
As federal and state agencies consider whether the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile will be good for consumers and the economy, the companies and various consumer groups are waging a public battle to get their viewpoints front and center.
An Aug. 9 letter [PDF] to the Federal Communications Commission from the California-based...
News Story
8/11/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
As AT&T makes its case in Washington for why federal regulators should approve its proposed acquisition of T-Mobile USA, AT&T must also pass muster with state utility commissioners and attorneys general in more than a dozen states.
The proposed merger between the nation’s second-biggest wireless provider AT&T and...
News Story
8/10/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
AT&T Inc. (T), looking to win approval for its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile, is facing a challenge in California where regulators have raised questions about the deal’s effect on consumers and corporate customers.
The state’s Public Utilities Commission has held seven public discussions of the bid, under the...
News Story
8/10/2011
Posted by Mark Reback
More than 100 U.S. mayors have expressed support for AT&T's proposed acquisition of mobile rival T-Mobile USA, AT&T said Wednesday.
The mayors of Miami, St. Louis and Sacramento, California, are among those from 24 states calling for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice to approve the deal....
