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  • Free Press Fights AT&T-T-Mobile Merger with Funny Videos

    July 21, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, Free Press launched four new videos that show viewers the impacts of the AT&T-T-Mobile merger on consumers, competition and jobs. These spoofs, which have nearly 50,000 views in 24 hours, feature legwarmers, baby phones and insulted T-Mobile customers, too. Free Press is urging viewers to vote for their favorite and spread the word.

  • House and Senate Leaders Question AT&T Takeover

    July 20, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), chair of the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, today submitted a letter urging Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski to reject AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile. Sen.

  • AT&T Misleads Congress on Merger

    June 24, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- According to press reports, more than 70 Democrats have signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department touting the alleged benefits of AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile.

  • Free Press: AT&T Fails to Make Case for Merger

    June 20, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- On Monday, Free Press filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission challenging AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile.

    Free Press’ filing disputes AT&T’s claims that the merger will bring better broadband coverage and improved service to consumers, create jobs and increase investment, and lower prices.

  • Free Press: FCC Has No Choice but to Reject AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile

    May 31, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Free Press filed with the Federal Communications Commission a petition to deny AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile. The merger would combine the second- and fourth-largest mobile providers and would create a duopoly where AT&T and Verizon control nearly 80 percent of the market, leading to a significant decline in innovation and investment.

  • Free Press Statement Opposing Proposed AT&T-T-Mobile Merger

    May 25, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- Speaking at a press conference hosted by Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Free Press Policy Counsel Aparna Sridhar said:

    “AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile would leave the wireless market more consolidated than the markets for oil, banking, automobiles and air travel.

  • Free Press Analyzes Antitrust Problems in AT&T Merger

    May 10, 2011

    WASHINGTON – In advance of a Senate hearing on Wednesday about the proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, Free Press has issued a preliminary analysis of key antitrust problems with the transaction.

  • Public Interest Groups Call on FCC to Combine Review of AT&T Acquisitions

    April 27, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Free Press, Media Access Project, Public Knowledge, Consumers Union and the Open Technology Initiative of the New America Foundation filed a letter with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to combine its review of AT&T's $39 billion takeover of competitor T-Mobile with its evaluation of AT&T's $1.9 billion spectrum purchase from Qualcomm.

  • With Proposed Merger, AT&T Hopes to ‘Monopolize Everything’

    April 21, 2011

    WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, AT&T formally filed its application with the Federal Communications Commission to transfer spectrum licenses from T-Mobile to AT&T, officially beginning the merger review process. Both the FCC and the Department of Justice will be charged with evaluating the proposed merger's potential harms to the wireless market and to consumers.

  • Free Press Pans AT&T Takeover of T-Mobile: Consumers Lose When There's Less Competition

    March 20, 2011

    WASHINGTON – On Sunday, AT&T announced it had reached an agreement to takeover T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. If approved by federal regulators at the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, the merger would unite the second- and fourth-largest wireless carriers, representing nearly 130 million subscribers.

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