• AT&T Gambles and Again Loses

    Josh Levy
    November 29, 2011

    Last Tuesday, the FCC called for an "administrative hearing" on the AT&T/T-Mobile merger that signaled the agency’s opposition to the deal.

  • No Way, AT&T

    Craig Aaron
    November 22, 2011

    The Wall Street Journal just reported that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is moving to join the Department of Justice in rejecting AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile.

    Genachowski will reportedly call for an "administrative hearing" in tandem with the DoJ's suit to block the merger. This signals that the prospects for approval of this merger are next to none.

    "It's rare for the FCC to seek an administrative hearing on merger deals like this," reports the Journal. "The last time the agency did this was in 2002 on the proposed merger of EchoStar and DirecTV. The companies eventually pulled the deal."

  • How Low Will AT&T Go?

    Amy Kroin
    October 18, 2011

    Rev. R. Henry Martin directs the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission, a Louisiana-based ministry that “reaches out to feed, clothe, shelter and provide healing services to homeless men, women and families with children.” The ministry aided 1,200 people in 2010, served over 135,000 meals and is open to those in need 365 days a year.

  • Rural Groups Call for Better Broadband Service

    Tim Marema
    October 13, 2011

    In its relentless effort to take over competitor T-Mobile, AT&T has been dangling the promise of better service and greater access to broadband Internet to rural Americans as an incentive for policymakers to support and approve the $39 billion deal. But in eastern Kentucky, activists for rural broadband aren’t holding their breath and waiting for AT&T to make good on this promise.   

  • Where AT&T Money Goes, Merger Support Follows

    Amy Kroin
    September 28, 2011

    Less than a week after seven attorneys general joined the Justice Department suit to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger, 10 other attorneys general threw their support behind AT&T.

  • Reporters Expose AT&T’s Astroturf Funding Practices

    Joseph Torres
    September 22, 2011

    Beltway insiders were hardly shocked when Bloomberg News reported that AT&T contributed nearly $1,000,000 to Republican members of Congress who signed a letter supporting its bid to acquire T-Mobile.

  • Rep. Clarke Sees the Light on AT&T Deal

    Josh Levy
    September 21, 2011

    Earlier this month, five activists and I met with Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) in Brooklyn to discuss the mounting opposition to AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile.

  • State AGs Add Nail to AT&T/T-Mobile Coffin

    Dave Saldana
    September 20, 2011

    It happened with little fanfare, but another nail was banged into the coffin of the unlamented AT&T/T-Mobile merger last week when attorneys general from seven states joined the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block the deal on antitrust grounds.

  • Update: Here's What $570,000 Gets You in Congress

    Josh Levy
    September 15, 2011

    UPDATED 9/16/11: Now with additional campaign contribution data.

    Maybe it’s the water in Washington that’s making people silly. Or maybe it’s AT&T’s hefty campaign spending. Either way, something’s got people believing AT&T when it says that up is down, green is red, 1 + 1 = 3 — and that its proposed takeover of T-Mobile would be good for America.

  • Sprint Takes a Swing at AT&T

    Megan Tady
    September 15, 2011

    AT&T is like a piñata at a children’s party. It’s an easy target; everyone’s jumping in line to take a bash at it; we’re all waiting with baited breath to watch it explode. Sure, we won’t get any candy, but the result will be just as sweet: no AT&T/T-Mobile merger.

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