The U.S. government decided to block the $39 billion merger(purchase) between of T-Mobile by AT&T. They argued that the proposed merger would lead to higher wireless prices, less innovation and fewer choices for consumers. I would have to agree with the government. The Justice Department highlighted T-Mobile’s high speed network and its innovations in technology, noting that it was the first to use Google’s Android operating system and BlackBerry wireless e-mail, among other things AT&T is willing to fight for this deal though. AT&T said it will ask for an expedited court hearing so that the enormous benefits of this merger can be fully reviewed. 
AT&T said if the deal goes through they will bring thousands of jobs back to America and invest billions in technology and infrastructure. Many tech companies want this deal to go through, but I do not. I have always had T-Mobile as my cell carrier and I would like to keep it that way, though T-Mobile said they are not going to compete in America anymore even if the deal falls through because they have been trying to leave the American market for years. AT&T has one powerful incentive to try to salvage the deal. Under the terms of the agreement that AT&T signed with Deutsche Telekom, AT&T would pay a breakup fee of $3 billion in cash, as well as a roaming agreement and spectrum rights — an estimated total value of $6 billion — if the acquisition did not go through for regulatory reasons. I do not see how this deal will be good for the consumer in the long run. AT&T has expensive plans and they do not offer unlimited plans like T-Mobile. Verizon is even more expensive and Sprint is a sitting duck. Speaking of Sprint... There were talks that Sprint could come in a snatch up T-Mobile, a move that many investors believe would be approved by the government, and I think that would create a powerful, still not as powerful as the other 2 carriers, 3rd carrier. I also heard that Sprint, T-mobile and a lesser carrier such as metro PCS could combine to create a "super carrier". I like anything over AT&T buying them. I am giving the Justice Department a Digit Up for granting me a few more months...years with my favorite cell carrier. 
T-Mobile how dare you!?!?! How dare you get bought out by the enemy, the enemy that you speak of in your commercials. AT&T announced a $39 billion deal with T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, that will see T-Mobile's customers and infrastructure become part of AT&T, creating the US' largest cellular carrier, and the only one to offer GSM phones. If approved by regulators, the newly expanded AT&T Inc. would have 130 million subscribers, allowing it to leapfrog arch-rival Verizon Wireless and its 94 million customers to become by far the nation's largest wireless carrier. Sprint Nextel Corp. would be a distant third. This affects me greatly. Though I have had a couple of different carriers here and there T-Mobile has always been my main cell phone carrier. I am not a fan of AT&T and I will not be apart of their massive corporation if I am forced to. I will seriously switch to a European company like Vodafone. It is still odd though how T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, is the 11th largest carrier in the world compared to AT&T which is 20th, and yet they did not have money to pump into its American company...shame. Even after 
talking to T-Mobile I do not know what or how to feel. I just got a new plan and phone Saturday, this totally ruins the moment, almost as bad as dropping the phone on concrete. AT&T swears this move will be for the best. They said it will lower bills and increase competition... NOT! If Verizon buys Sprint to keep up with the Jones', then there will be 2 large carriers telling us all what to do and how to do it and we will have to go to lesser carriers like Cricket or Virgin or Metro PCS and we will feel out of the loop and then we will have to come back to them. ARRRRRGAH! I am giving AT&T 2 Digits Down for making my life a tad less easy.
