[ NNSquad ] FCC Commissioner: T-Mobile buyout is "paradigm-altering"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

FCC Commissioner: T-Mobile buyout is "paradigm-altering"

http://j.mp/hvyTef  (ars technica)

       Everyone has an opinion about AT&T's $39 billion buyout of
       T-Mobile.  FCC Commissioner Michael Copps calls it "a huge
       transaction. It's a paradigm-altering transaction, as far as
       the world of wireless goes."  A pair of Stanford economists
       suggest that the "anticompetitive effects appear to be
       plausible." And small wireless operator MetroPCS thinks the
       deal will be good for its business-but only because AT&T could
       take T-Mobile's cheap voice and data plans off the table.

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