At&t/T-Mobile merger questions

[Sum1sRockstar]

Can someone please enlighten me on the merger details? I know that at&t made an offer and t-mobile accepted. Does at&t actually own t-mobile now? Are they still waiting for approval from the FCC? I've tried searching for info but I've come up with nothing. I would appreciate whatever anyone could share!

[Duvi]

They are awaiting approval which is expected to be done by Q1 of next year.

[Duvi]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...0jeH_blog.html

AT&T says merger on track for March 2012 approval (Cecilia Kang/Washington Post)

AT&T eyes Q1 2012 approval for T-Mobile merger - Worldnews.com

[Sum1sRockstar]

Ah, thank you very much! I don't know why I couldn't find anything, I'm usually known as the google queen lol.

[Duvi]

Originally Posted by Sum1sRockstar

Ah, thank you very much! I don't know why I couldn't find anything, I'm usually known as the google queen lol.

You're welcome. Took me a little longer than usual. Had to word it a couple of different ways. Lol.

[Armando175]

So that gives us about a year or so until we start seeing something if the merger goes through. My contract is up on December 30th, 2011 with two others out of contract on October 5th, 2012. Hopefully I won't need to pay those ETFs when the time comes. I don't want to be a part of AT&T. I wonder what's going to happen to Simple Mobile, Walmart Family Mobile, and the others who piggyback on TMOs network?

[ESN]

Congress is coming down hard on this merger and it may not go through!

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[blue81to]

Personally I hope the merger doesn't happen.

[Mikethaler]

Unfortunately - the govt rarely turns down mergers - even when they obviously will diminish competition Eg. Mega airline mergers.
In thiis case, it will just leave one GSM carrier - that is much higher priced. Eg. att disables the tethering icon on their BB desktop mgr. Eg. TM offers "free" intl roaming when on wifi w. their UMA feature built into the phone. When att and Cingular combined (reducing the no. of GSM carriers from3 to 2 - TM decided they could triple their intl. roaming fees from 29 cents/min to $1/min. to match att.

[Mister Xiado]

AT&T doesn't disable any legacy services when you migrate over during a merger. Plenty of people still have Alltel and Verizon plans and features. You have the option of cancelling your service (or porting your number to another provider, optimally) if you don't wish to have service through AT&T, but if you're under contract from your previous provider, you might still have ETFs to worry about.

Oh well, you can always call AT&T and ask about the migration and cancellation processes for people who migrated from Verizon and Alltel in recent mergers. That way if the merger with T-Mobile goes through, you know what to expect almost a year in advance.

Also, AT&T doesn't have their own version of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager. You connect a Verizon phone to it, you get a tethering icon. You connect an AT&T phone to it, you don't.

[Brandon26pdx]

It's happening. Take it to the bank.

[Sum1sRockstar]

What I'm mostly ticked off about right now is that t-mobile doesn't offer the payment plan for their devices anymore. I heard that it's because of the merger, but I'm not certain about the truth behind that.