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Since then he's been busy recruiting programmers to help roll it out to include more languages beyond the original Spanish. Full Article | Video New app calculates calories through photos of food Common budget mistakes for tech startups AT&T touts benefits of T-Mobile deal to FCC Tweet Share this By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N) told communications regulators its $39-billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA would let it build high-speed wireless services reaching more than 97 percent of U.S.... Email Print Related News IFR-New generation of CMBS experiences first delinquency Thu, Apr 21 2011 St-Gobain's Verallia unit takes step towards IPO Tue, Apr 19 2011 NYSE eyes big fee from Nasdaq before coming to table Mon, Apr 18 2011 UPDATE 3-France Tel, Deutsche Tel form JV to cut costs Mon, Apr 18 2011 Sprint CEO blasts AT&T/T-Mobile mega-deal Fri, Apr 15 2011 Analysis & Opinion Will Obama endorse Bowles-Simpson debt plan? Related Topics Technology » Deals » Global Deals Data 2011 Q1 » Inflows Outflows » Stocks A view shows the AT&T store sign in Broomfield, Colorado April 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Rick Wilking By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON | Thu Apr 21, 2011 5:26pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc (T.N) told communications regulators its $39-billion bid to buy Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile USA would let it build high-speed wireless services reaching more than 97 percent of U.S. users. In a filing seeking the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the deal, AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. mobile carrier, argued that the merger would spur innovation and economic growth by allowing it to improve the quality of its services. AT&T has already filed papers with the Justice Department seeking antitrust clearance for the deal that would make the combined operations the largest U.S. mobile service. The promised network reach of 97.3 percent was slightly higher than the 95 percent promised when the deal was announced last month. Fewer dropped calls, fewer failed call attempts and better data throughput are among the benefits customers would experience from the merger, Joan Marsh, AT&T's vice president of federal regulatory affairs, told reporters. "It will address capacity constraints facing both companies that will enable the combined company to provide higher quality services in many urban, suburban and rural markets," she said. No. 3 mobile operator Sprint Nextel (S.N) opposes the deal on the grounds that it would stifle innovation and competition. Verizon Wireless, the current market leader, would become the second biggest mobile provider if the deal goes through. Verizon Wireless is a venture of Verizon Communications (VZ.N) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L). Verizon has declined to comment on the merger. Sprint argues that around 80 percent of U.S. mobile customers would be served by just two operators if the deal is approved. "This kind of leverage could strangle competition and give AT&T the power to increase prices, threaten innovation critical to this industry and eliminate American jobs," Vonya McCann, senior vice president of government affairs at Sprint, said in a statement. AT&T told reporters on Thursday that the transaction would promote, not diminish, competition. "It's absolutely inaccurate to say this is a duopoly," said AT&T's Marsh. "The market is fiercely competitive today and will remain fiercely competitive." Marsh also said the combined company would maintain pricing plans for existing T-Mobile USA subscribers to eliminate service disruption. While she would not comment on future pricing, she said wireless pricing trends have always been downward. Marsh, asked about any layoffs after completion of the T-Mobile deal, commented on past AT&T deals. "In prior acquisitions," she said, "AT&T has always dealt with personnel issues through natural attrition." "You can look at our record on this. We do not have a history of significant layoffs post transaction," she said. (Reporting by Jasmin Melvin, additional reporting by Sinead Carew in New York; Editing by Tim Dobbyn) Technology Deals Global Deals Data 2011 Q1 Inflows Outflows Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (4) seattlesh wrote: THe losers in this transaction will be T-Mobile customers. AT&T has the worst customer service in the cell phone industry and it is not improving. My I-phone does not work half the time and drops nearly every other call. Apr 22, 2011 10:35am EDT -- Report as abuse ConstFundie wrote: Nonsense. Typical ATT monopoly tactics by a government coddled company. This benefits no-one but ATT by reducing their competition and allowing them to stagnate services. Apr 22, 2011 1:58pm EDT -- Report as abuse djlowballer wrote: How is there competition in the US mobile industry? All of the major providers force 2 year agreements and use phones which are locked to a single carrier in both software and incompatible hardware. Sure you can switch providers but it almost always will involve buying new handsets and paying all the lovely activation fees(and termination fees if on contract for the handset you can no longer use). All this will do is make ATT able to gouge prices even more. 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