The proposed Cingular-AT&T Wireless merger faces no meaningful ob...
The proposed Cingular-AT&T Wireless merger faces no meaningful objections and should face no hurdles at the FCC, the firms told the Commission in reply comments in the merger docket. “This merger has met with very little opposition. Indeed, no…
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wireless carrier -- [and] for that matter, no telecommunications company of any type -- has opposed the merger. The only telecommunications company that made a filing, United States Cellular Corp., stated that the merger is in the public interest.” The companies said no filers against the merger had standing to challenge the deal under the Communications Act: “The eight oppositions that were filed came from: A shell corporation that, years ago, was a wireline [competitive local exchange carrier]; 2 consumer organizations; parties with unrelated private disputes with one or the other of the applicants; and a few individuals.” Cingular and AT&T also answered criticisms by the Consumers Federation of America and Consumers Union that the merger would raised concern because Cingular is jointly owned by BellSouth and SBC: “Nothing about the merger will change the nature or extent of the current relationship between Cingular and its parents. Nor is there any basis to question the continuing ability of market forces and regulatory oversight to preclude the imagined misconduct with respect to the special access market.”