FCC to AT&T and T-Mobile: We Want Answers
Late yesterday, officials at the Federal Communications Commission sent a letters to AT&T and Deutsche Telekom (the owner of T-Mobile USA) asking a series of questions about AT&T's bid to takeover T-Mobile.
No doubt it's screwed up any plans for a long holiday weekend for attorneys working on the $39 billion takeover. (I admit, I'm pretty amused by that prospect.)
The questions give you an idea of just how closely the FCC and the Department of Justice are scrutinizing this transaction.
Here's the letter AT&T got, plus the attachment with actual questions.
And here's Deutsche Telekom's letter, plus attachments.
Answers are due on June 10.
As for you, dear reader, you have your chance to weigh in on the T-Mobile takeover, too, but you have to act by Tuesday, May 31.
I explain exactly how to do that here on my blog. If my instructions are too complicated, the folks over at Free Press have made it easier for you to tell the FCC what you think.
So far, over 20,000 people have weighed in.
If you fear, as I do, that this mega-merger will leave consumers with less choice and higher prices, now is the time to step up and write the FCC.
The FCC won't accept your letters after May 31.
