MTS protests against loss of WiMAX subscribers following new LTE scheme

US mobile operator AT&T has hit back at the Department of Justice (DoJ), claiming that, if allowed to proceed, its USD39 billion takeover of rival cellco T-Mobile USA would usher in more competition, improve wireless services and ultimately lower prices. The comments – filed in federal court in Washington, DC – represent AT&T's first formal response to the government's attempts to block the contentious deal. As previously reported by TeleGeography’s CommsUpdate, at the end of August the DoJ filed a civil antitrust lawsuit to prevent AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile from Germany’s Deutsche Telekom [More]

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