AT&T agrees to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion!

[alchemist iq]

With AT&T planning to use T-Mobile’s existing 1700 MHz spectrum for future LTE rollouts, AT&T execs are saying that T-Mobile customers will have to replace their current 3G/4G phones once the merger is completed. This will be a mandatory upgrade unless of course you want your phone to work on edge only.


Told ya, Spectrum War. T-mobile has good spectrum for mobility use and can penetrate walls as well receive packet data efficiently over vast lands combine that with ATT spectrum its a blanket of airwaves that will never disconnect when you sign-on or even sign-off. ATT Is making a smart move, this is not about having the most customers, its about having enough spectrum to deploy wireless internet technology for future wireless products and rural areas where people still use 56k modems for internet. However negative effects crazy interference with gps technology and noise-cancelation technology and so on etc....Every mobile Spectrum we have now will be soon be converted into LTE spectrum.

 

[los benjaminz]

damn tell me why I'm shocked by this

T-Mobile fo life

 

[speakup23]

Originally Posted by MrDozo

Originally Posted by Mr Anleu

Originally Posted by Mo Greene

hooray for monopolies

 Clearly you don't know what a monoply is because you realize that Verizon still has as many if not more subscribers than ATT & TMobile?
  

That's true but don't forget at&t bought singular and nextel, now with the purchase of tmobile, their clientele list is unparalleled. This is crazy

Sprint bought Nextel


And yea this sucks. AT&T can suck my balls

#mature

 

[ajchick23]

so we gotta replace our phones or else no 3G/4G?

I'm BEYOND salty right now. They better offer us some discounted upgrades smfh

 

[Deleted member 37467]

Does this mean no more T-Mobile commercials featuring that girl in the pink dress?

If so, %*%# this deal.

 

[grittyman20]

Read people. 

With AT&T planning to use T-Mobile’s existing 1700 MHz spectrum for future LTE rollouts, AT&T execs are saying that T-Mobile customers will have to replace their current 3G/4G phones once the merger is completed. This will be a mandatory upgrade unless of course you want your phone to work on edge only.

Once the merger is complete. Which could be in 2 years...and most of yall are going to upgrade your phones by then anyway, especially if LTE is the norm by then. 

 

[nako xl]

[h1]FCC official: ‘No way chairman’s office rubber stamps’ AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition[/h1]
By: Todd Haselton | Mar 24th, 2011 at 02:39PM





Speaking to The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, an anonymous Federal Communications Commission official said “there’s no way the chairman’s office [will] rubber-stamp

 

[kvsm23vs24]

Good news.

 

[cincoseisdos]

Can someone tell me if any mergers have ever been shot down?

 

[2g00d4u]

Originally Posted by grittyman20

Read people. 

With AT&T planning to use T-Mobile’s existing 1700 MHz spectrum for future LTE rollouts, AT&T execs are saying that T-Mobile customers will have to replace their current 3G/4G phones once the merger is completed. This will be a mandatory upgrade unless of course you want your phone to work on edge only.

Once the merger is complete. Which could be in 2 years...and most of yall are going to upgrade your phones by then anyway, especially if LTE is the norm by then. 

Well, since thats the case then damn. I guess it isnt so bad, since there should be some sick phones out by then. Dual core will probably be the norm

 

[joe billionaire]

has anyone broke contract with tmobile since this happened without paying ?

 

[lawinnn]

I didn't know NT followed telecommunication companies like like sports.

 

[frijo sneaker]

Mine as well buy all company's such a Sprint, Verizon. More power to them....

 

[cincoseisdos]

 

[kiendienn]

Originally Posted by CincoSeisDos

 

[jus3]

My dude 562 caught me off guard.. I damn near spit out my coffee 

 

[wearinthefourfive]

So I just got back to school from Spring Break, and I guess I'm getting AT&T service now, with a bunch more bars than I use to in my apartment. I'm assuming this is a part of the merger?

 

[trent ferris]

i don't get the pics

 

[westcoastsfinest]

i guess we wont be seeing those t-mobile adds that bashes att.

 

[toy collector123]

Originally Posted by WearinTheFourFive

So I just got back to school from Spring Break, and I guess I'm getting AT&T service now, with a bunch more bars than I use to in my apartment. I'm assuming this is a part of the merger?

'tis a joke?

 

[an dee 51o]

Originally Posted by lawinnn

I didn't know NT followed telecommunication companies like like sports.

This is relevant to a lot of people because it has to do with their bills, contracts, etc.

 

[k2theablam]

frijo sneaker wrote:

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Mine as well buy all company's such a Sprint, Verizon. More power to them....

Originally Posted by CincoSeisDos