All the stories tagged with: merger
AT&T, T-Mobile to postpone court proceedings for a month
12/13/2011, The AT&T and T-Mobile merger deal isn’t looking so good. Some analysts have even gone as far as claiming that the deal is on its death bed, although given the huge obstacles and the amount of opposition that both AT&T [...]
Google-Motorola Mobility merger review temporarily halted by EU antitrust regulators
12/12/2011, Despite pretty much the majority of the tech industry nodding their heads in approval at the Google-Motorola Mobility acquisition, and with Motorola Mobility’s shareholders giving them the greenlight to go ahead with this new venture, it appears that antitrust regulators [...]
AT&T withdraws FCC approval application for T-Mobile merger
11/25/2011, If you’re the type that believes in negative energy and whatnot, it appears that with all of their detractors and even the government going against their merger, AT&T has withdrawn their application from the FCC that requested approval for a [...]
FCC chairman claims AT&T/T-Mobile merger is not in the public’s interest
11/23/2011, The AT&T/T-Mobile merger is not looked upon favorably by many, especially regulatory bodies like the FCC, along with carriers such as Sprint who would effectively end up being the smallest amongst the four major carriers should this merger go through. [...]
Microsoft welcomes Skype officially
10/13/2011, We all know that Microsoft picked up Skype for a cool $8.5 billion in May earlier this year, with boards of directors from both Microsoft and Skype having approved the acquisition previously. Well, not much was heard concerning this merger [...]
Rhapsody picks up Napster
10/03/2011, Rhapsody must have looked upon Napster with a longing, and in another case of a corporate giant swallowing up smaller entities, America’s largest on-demand music service has decided to fork out the dough to acquire Napster’s subscriber base in order [...]
Google/Motorola Mobility deal to be further looked into by DOJ
09/29/2011, The AT&T and T-Mobile merger has been getting quite a bit of attention lately, with just about everyone thinking that this is a bad move. Meanwhile another major acquisition, Google and Motorola Mobility, has been rather quiet and keeping to [...]
Verizon appears to be in support of AT&T/T-Mobile merger
09/22/2011, The AT&T and T-Mobile merger is certainly not looking well at the moment. It seems that there are many who do not wish to see the merger go through, among them being Sprint and Cellular South and even the Department [...]
Cellular South sues AT&T over acquisition
09/20/2011, It looks like we have another member to add to the Department of Justice’s growing army of supporters against the AT&T-T-Mobile merger. Cellular South, one of the smaller carriers in the country has expressed its displeasure against the proposed acquisition [...]
AT&T attempting to sell their assets to their rivals?
09/19/2011, While the merger of AT&T and T-Mobile benefits both companies the most, and even though on paper they claim that it will benefit the rest of the country, not many are convinced, especially with the DoJ launching a lawsuit in [...]
Seven states oppose AT&T-T-Mobile merger
09/16/2011, Bad news for AT&T and those in favor of the carrier’s attempted acquisition of T-Mobile. It looks like the Department of Justice has garnered more troops in support of opposing the merger. It has been reported that seven states will [...]
AT&T responds to the Department of Justice’s lawsuit
09/09/2011, After taking flak from the Department of Justice last week for attempting to acquire T-Mobile, AT&T has finally filed a response to the DOJ’s lawsuit today. According to CNET’s report, AT&T claimed in its response that the DOJ fails to [...]
Department of Justice files to block AT&T-T-Mobile deal
08/31/2011, It looks like AT&T’s plans to acquire T-Mobile might be coming to a halt. This morning, the Department of Justice has been reported to have filed a petition to block the takeover. According to the Department of Justice, the merger [...]
