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AT&T buys T-Mobile USA in 24bn deal


  • For example, in 18 of the top 20 U.S. local markets, there are five or more providers
  • AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson hopes so, him noting in the press release below that this move will bring LTE to more than 294 million people in the USA
  • This agreement has been approved by the FCC and will be a definite step up the the competition, namely Verizon Wireless who currently heads the US mobile communication market
  • Will this transition make this team a powerhouse that’ll dominate the market instead
  • What this move represents is a boost for AT&T to a whopping 95% of the US population for coverage in their 4G network – this whole situation including a new $8 billion dollar investment by AT&T into infrastructure improvements which will bring higher quality voice and LTE to essentially the entirety of the United States


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