The only thing stopping the AT&T and T-Mobile USA merge is Uncle Sam, sort of. Its been reported that AT&T currently has approximately 95 million customers, and T-Mobile holds approximately 34 million. If the merge were to happen, AT&T’s market share will go up to approximately 37%. The Free Trade Commission will first have to review this deal due to its magnitude before the agreement is finalized and the merge takes place.
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If the deal is not approved by the FTC it does not automatically mean the merger cannot happen. Instead, it will mean that the companies may go ahead with the deal, but under threat of an antitrust legal action by the Justice Department. However, if approved by the FTC the companies would be allowed to merge, but a future administration could still decide to sue to break up the company.
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What are thoughts? If T-mobile remains an independently run company, us T-mobile users should be okay. Once things start looking like present At&T, then worries will arise. Don’t forge to share!