Is the AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Coming Back? | Tech Analyst Jeff Kagan

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Jeff Kagan

Technology Industry Analyst

     

Is the AT&T, T-Mobile Deal Coming Back?

This deal is either dead, or perhaps we will see AT&T come back with a hail-Mary, all-or-nothing offer.

Think about it. All they really want is T-Mobile spectrum. The rest was just noise anyway.

So AT&T could say they will do a deal, take the spectrum, then spin-off the T-Mobile company to one of the other carriers like Sprint for example.

However, I still don’t think the DoJ would approve that deal either.

AT&T took a very arrogant position to this deal. They never in their wildest dreams thought it would be turned down. This was a shock to them.

I am not sure they are willing to take the government position as a done deal. We’ll have to watch and see.

The ball is now in AT&T’s court.

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